Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 11, 2020
Media Contacts:
Diane Knich, Coastal Conservation League, [email protected], (843) 530-0211
Alan Hancock, Coastal Conservation League, [email protected], (803) 361-1693
In response to the announcement of bids from the Department of Administration on the disposition of Santee Cooper, Eddy Moore, Energy and Climate Director at the Coastal Conservation League, issued the following statement:
“The bids are a good start. South Carolina deserves a clean energy future and the jobs that come…
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:
Jan. 30, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contacts:
Diane Knich, Coastal Conservation League, [email protected], (843) 530-0211
Angelina Ricci Eisenhauer, Audubon South Carolina, [email protected], (202)257-4733
Mike Mather, Southern Environmental Law Center, [email protected], (434) 977-4090
John Tynan, Conservation Voters of South Carolina, [email protected], (803) 626-4650
MEDIA ADVISORY
Groups to Provide Legislative and Media Briefing on a Least-Cost,
Clean Energy Path for Santee Cooper
COLUMBIA, S.C. – On Thursday, Jan. 30, conservation and clean…
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club and Coastal Conservation League
For Immediate Release: Sept. 12, 2019
Contact:
Mike Mather, SELC, (434) 977-4090 or cell/text (434) 333-9464; [email protected]
Alan Hancock, Coastal Conservation League; (803) 361-1693; [email protected]
Alex Amend, Sierra Club, (404) 457-8937; [email protected]
Fossil fuel path for Santee Cooper is most expensive for customers going forward
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A new report being distributed to lawmakers shows that a Santee Cooper future…
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Press Release
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Coastal Conservation League
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2019
Contact:
Amy E. Armstrong, Esquire
SC Environmental Law Project
[email protected] or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Court denies request to proceed with groin construction in Georgetown County
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC – The Administrative Law Court denied DeBordieu Colony Community Association’s request to lift the automatic stay, which would have enabled it to begin constructing three groins on Debidue Beach in Georgetown…
Friday, August 9, 2019
We just learned that the South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear another one of our cases to stop development on Captains Sams Spit, a dynamic sand spit on the far end of Kiawah Island. This is great news!
Justices will soon consider the developers’ plans to build a 2,380-foot steel wall on the eroding stretch of beach leading out to the spit. This will be the fifth time the court will hear arguments on…
Monday, July 8, 2019
July 8, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contacts:
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director at [email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Alan Hancock, Energy and Climate Advocacy Director at [email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Coastal Conservation League cheers state’s rejection of seismic request
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, the state’s Department of…
Monday, June 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2019
Contacts:
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director — (252) 714-4790 or [email protected]
Diane Knich, Communications Associate — (843) 530-0211 or [email protected]
Coastal Conservation League, residents challenge Interstate 526 contract
Legal filing calls into question Charleston County’s use of half-cent sales tax
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Today, the Coastal Conservation League and three Charleston County residents filed a lawsuit in South Carolina state court challenging the county’s use of funds from the 2016 half-cent…
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019
Press Statement
Coastal Conservation League
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contacts:
Alan Hancock, Energy and Climate Advocacy Director
[email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
[email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Coastal Conservation League applauds the final passage of Energy Freedom Act
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Following today’s Senate vote in favor of the Energy Freedom Act (House Bill 3659), Executive Director Laura Cantral issued the following statement….
Friday, April 26, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contacts:
Amy Armstrong, Esquire, Executive Director
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
[email protected] or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Erin Hardwick Pate, North Coast Office Director
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] or (803) 413-5008
Groups challenge proposed groins on Georgetown Co. beach, efforts to engineer shoreline
A new appeal to state’s Administrative Law Court aims to protect pristine estuary and health of beach
GEORGETOWN, SC — On behalf of the Coastal Conservation League, the…
Thursday, April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019
Press Statement
Coastal Conservation League
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contacts:
Alan Hancock, Energy and Climate Advocacy Director
[email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
[email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Coastal Conservation League calls on Congress to settle drilling debate
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Following remarks by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to the Wall Street Journal confirming the Trump administration’s plan for federal offshore oil and gas leasing…