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
amy@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith
Coastal Conservation League
caitiefs@scccl.org 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 caitiefs@scccl.org or (252) 714-4790
Alan Hancock, Energy and Climate Advocacy Director at alanh@scccl.org 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 caitiefs@scccl.org
Diane Knich, Communications Associate — (843) 530-0211 or dianek@scccl.org
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
alanh@scccl.org or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
caitiefs@scccl.org 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
amy@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
Coastal Conservation League
caitiefs@scccl.org or (252) 714-4790
Erin Hardwick Pate, North Coast Office Director
Coastal Conservation League
erinp@scccl.org 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
alanh@scccl.org or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
caitiefs@scccl.org 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…
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Coastal Conservation League
Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2018
Contact:
Alan Hancock, Energy and Climate Advocacy Director
alanh@scccl.org or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
caitiefs@scccl.org or (252) 714-4790
State Senators approve anti-drilling measure during budget debate
CHARLESTON, SC – Today, South Carolina Senators approved a budget proviso introduced by Senator Chip Campsen that would block onshore infrastructure…
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…
