Thursday, February 21, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2019
Contacts:
Conservation Voters of South Carolina – Tommy Gardiner, (803) 262-9142
Coastal Conservation League – Alan Hancock, (803) 361-1693
South Carolina House of Representatives Passes Energy Freedom Act
Bill opens competition, removes net metering cap, opens solar options to lower-income residents
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Energy Freedom Act (House Bill 3659), known as the LCI Compromise (from the House Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee), was passed by the SC House today by…
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2019
Contacts:
Southern Environmental Law Center – Mike Mather, (434) 333-9464, mmather@selcva.org
Coastal Conservation League – Caitie Forde-Smith, (252) 714-4790, caitiefs@scccl.org
Oceana – Dustin Cranor, (954) 348-1314, dcranor@oceana.org
Natural Resources Defense Council – Anne Hawke, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Earthjustice – Maggie Caldwell, (415) 217-2084, mcaldwell@earthjustice.org
Center for Biological Diversity – Kristen Monsell, (914) 806-3467, kmonsell@biologicaldiversity.org
Defenders of Wildlife – Gwen Dobbs, (202) 329-9295, gdobbs@defenders.org
Groups seek court order…
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2019
Contact:
Amy E. Armstrong, Esquire
SC Environmental Law Project
amy@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith
Coastal Conservation League
caitiefs@scccl.org or (252) 714-4790
Groups aim to protect pristine estuary and health of beach, appeal state agency decision authorizing multiple groins on Debidue in Georgetown County
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC – Today, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, on behalf of the Coastal Conservation League, filed a Request for Review with the S.C. Department of Health…
Friday, January 18, 2019
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Coastal Conservation League
For Immediate Release: Jan. 18, 2019
Contact:
Mike Mather, SELC Communications, (434) 333-9464 or mmather@selcva.org
Caitie Forde-Smith, Coastal Conservation League, (252) 714-4790, caitiefs@scccl.org
Judge bars government from working on seismic permits during shutdown
Ruling clarifies government’s confusing and contradictory position
CHARLESTON, SC — A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting during the shutdown, settling the confusion the government created…
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2019
Contact:
Amy E. Armstrong, Esquire
SC Environmental Law Project
amy@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith
Coastal Conservation League
caitiefs@scccl.org or (252) 714-4790
Groups Appeal Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling Upholding Development Permits for Captain Sams Spit
CHARLESTON, SC—Administrative Law Judge Ralph King Anderson, III, issued a ruling on December 14, 2018, affirming the state Department of Health and Environmental Control’s decision to issue a permit authorizing the construction of a road, steel sheetpile…
Monday, January 7, 2019
Press Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Coastal Conservation League
For Immediate Release: Jan. 8, 2019
Contact:
Caitie Forde-Smith, Coastal Conservation League, (252) 714-4790 or caitiefs@scccl.org
Mike Mather, SELC, (434) 977-4090 or mmather@selcva.org
SC Attorney General Alan Wilson Joins Anti-Seismic Lawsuit
Seven Other East Coast Attorneys General Previously Joined Action
CHARLESTON, SC — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a lawsuit to stop the possibility of seismic blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, joining…
