Tuesday, September 19, 2017
There is a party
Everyone is there
Everyone will leave
At exactly the same time
When this party’s over
It will start again
It will not be any different
It will be exactly the same
“Heaven” by David Byrne
Folks,
Irma certainly wasn’t a party, and it wasn’t EXACTLY the same as Matthew or the October 2015 “rain bomb.” But the hurricane, (which was “just” a tropical storm in South Carolina), left us with a familiar, sinking feeling – for the third time in…
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
There is a party
Everyone is there
Everyone will leave
At exactly the same time
When this party’s over
It will start again
It will not be any different
It will be exactly the same
“Heaven” by David Byrne
Folks,
Irma certainly wasn’t a party, and it wasn’t EXACTLY the same as Matthew or the October 2015 “rain bomb.” But the hurricane, (which was “just” a tropical storm in South Carolina), left us with a familiar, sinking feeling – for the third time in…
Friday, September 8, 2017
Folks,
With Hurricane Irma in the forefront of our collective minds, here is a modest proposal: I suggest that the people who continue to deny human-caused climate change (bless their hearts) should similarly discount the science, and the scientists, the rest of us are depending on to decide whether to board up our windows, to buy bottled water, and to put the cat in the carrier and suffer four hours of driving to Spartanburg, (serenaded…
Monday, August 28, 2017
Folks,
Reading the newspaper (or the cyber newsfeed) has been especially painful these last two weeks. Charlottesville… a shooting on King Street in Charleston… a hurricane in Texas… and countless (truly) articles about the demise of the SCANA/Santee Cooper nuclear plant. No silver linings in these events…
But also, if you will bear with me, some encouraging, inspiring and beautiful stories too.
First, the nuclear plant debacle continues to unfold. There are important lessons about how to…
Thursday, August 17, 2017
On hot August days in the warehouse, it can be easy to get stuck in the daily grind. We arrive before sunrise, listen to voicemails left the night before, answer emails, jot down orders and load vans for delivery. Forklifts run, phones ring, customers drop in. Wash, rinse, dry, repeat.
It can be tough to pause and remember why we put in the…
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
The law locks up the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common. But lets the greater felon loose, who steals the common from the goose.
Anonymous
Folks,
Another week, another missed news summary. I have no excuse. So, I’ll try to make this one the best yet, with a laser-like focus on one big issue – infrastructure. The word is so solid and reassuring I’ll say it again. Infrastructure. …
Monday, August 14, 2017
Press Statement
For Immediate Release
Alan Hancock – alanh@scccl.org – (843) 781-6144
CHARLESTON, SC – In response to the news that the U.S. District Court in Charleston today ordered the “wave dissipation devices” on Harbor Island and Isle of Palms removed immediately and remain down during nesting season while the Sierra Club’s case proceeds, Coastal Conservation League Chief Conservation Officer Lisa Jones-Turansky issued the following…
Saturday, August 5, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:
AUGUST 7, 2017
CONTACT:
Alan Hancock, Communications Director, Coastal Conservation League, (843) 781-6144, alanh@scccl.org
Offshore drilling rally Monday
Charleston, SC – On Monday, August 7 at 6 pm at the Yacht Club at the Charleston Harbor Fish House, elected leaders and offshore drilling expert Peg Howell will update the public on what’s next with federal government attempts to open up our coast for offshore drilling for oil and gas. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy…
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Here’s my take on the news that Santee Cooper and SCE&G are abandoning a nuclear expansion project at the V.C. Summer power plant and what you can do next as a utility customer and South Carolina citizen.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Folks,
I’ve gotten a lot of comments about the past three email news summaries and took a week off to think about them. (Actually, I was just too disorganized to get last week’s out. Sorry!) A few significant people tactfully suggested that I cut the length down. I agree, with the caveat that I will have to leave a few items out (important topics like testosterone research…). With brevity in mind, I’ll get directly to…