CVSC's mission is to make conservation and environmental issues a top priority among South Carolina's elected leaders, political candidates, and voters.
Columbia, South Carolina
Joined June 2010
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Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/business/energy-environment/30deep.html?th&emc=th
Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize - NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/us/25drill.html?th&emc=th
New blog post: http://energyindependencesouthcarolina.blogspot.com/2010/08/competing-with-china-for-clean-energy.html
via @wachfox: Oil drilling off SC coast: risk and opportunity http://bit.ly/9iw9so
Coastal Carolina talks out oil issue - The Sun News - http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/08/07/1624614/ccu-talks-out-oil-issue.html
Building a green economy - Charleston SC - The Post and Courier - postandcourier.com: http://bit.ly/aV1EZn
So what does the watered down climate bill look like now? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40607.html
Expanding offshore drilling will NOT bring many jobs to SC. Most will go instead to out-of-state workers with rig-operating experience.
Gulf states did not recieve any monetary compensation for offshore drilling in federal waters until 2006. Almost a century of risk for what?
End offshore drilling in SC before it begins: http://www.statehousereport.com/CurrentIssue.aspx?ID=89#News
Congress and the Spill. Failure to pass legislation helped no one, now what? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/opinion/03tue1.html?th&emc=th
Gulf Spill Largest of its Kind - NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03spill.html?th&emc=th
A green economy would produce 3X as many high-paying jobs ($16/hr or more) than an oil economy: http://www.peri.umass.edu/green_recovery/
The Post and Courier - Carbon emissions raise global temperatures, coastal risks - Charleston SC - postandcourier.com: http://bit.ly/cM4vDf
"The heavy price of unclean energy" http://www.thestate.com/2010/08/01/1397096/sundays-letters-to-the-editor.html