Environmental Groups Prepare to Sue Illegally Operating South Carolina Wood Pellet Manufacturer Jasper Pellets Facility in Ridgeland Is Violating the Clean Air Act and State Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/22/2020 Media contacts: Patrick Anderson, Attorney, Environmental Integrity Project, (719) 963-4072 or panderson@powellenvironmentallaw.com Diane Knich, Communications Manager, Coastal Conservation League, (843) 530-0211 or dianek@scccl.org Mike Mather, […]
...The Trump Administration today announced an offshore oil and gas drilling moratorium that includes South Carolina, as well as Florida and Georgia. In response to the announcement, Laura Cantral, Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation League, issued the following statement: “Our coast deserves better than a scattershot memorandum. It leaves out most of the east […]
...South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster yesterday expressed opposition to building a luxury “eco-resort” on undeveloped Bay Point Island. In a letter to Beaufort County’s Zoning Board of Appeals, Governor McMaster urged rejection “of this latest attempt to develop this beautiful barrier island.” He added, “The project’s tremendous impact on wildlife and surrounding communities cannot be […]
...Press Release from the Coastal Conservation League and the Charleston Waterkeeper For Immediate Release: Aug. 14, 2020 Contacts: Andrew Wunderley, Charleston Waterkeeper, andrew@charlestonwaterkeeper.org, (843) 906-7073 Diane Knich, Communications Manager, Coastal Conservation League, dianek@scccl.org, (843) 530-0211 Conservation groups should get their day in court against Frontier Groups suing over plastic-pellet pollution challenge company’s mistakes and misstatements […]
...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 7, 2020 Contact: Ben Cunningham, Esquire, South Carolina Environmental Law Project, ben@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078 Diane Knich, Communications Manager, Coastal Conservation League, dianek@scccl.org or (843) 530-0211 Conservationists Move to Join Suit to Support City in Addressing Flooding CHARLESTON, SC – The Coastal Conservation League moved to intervene as a Defendant in […]
...PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE June 3, 2020 Contact: Diane Knich, Communications Manager, dianek@scccl.org, (843) 530-0211 A Statement on Standing Against Racism from Executive Director Laura Cantral The recent brutal and senseless murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others before them, including Walter Scott and the Emanuel Nine, bring the systemic racism […]
...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2020 Contact: Leslie Lenhardt, Esquire South Carolina Environmental Law Project leslie@scelp.org or (843) 527-0078 Diane Knich Coastal Conservation League dianek@scccl.org or (843) 530-0211 Advocates Propose to Intervene in Effort to Revise Jurisdictional Lines on Captain Sams Spit CHARLESTON, SC – The Coastal Conservation League is seeking to block an attempt […]
...PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 13, 2020 Contact: Diane Knich, Communications Manager, dianek@scccl.org, (843) 530-0211 Coastal Conservation League ramping up local food deliveries with U.S. Department of Agriculture contract CHARLESTON, SC – The Coastal Conservation League will be able to substantially increase its deliveries of fresh, local produce to […]
...Press Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center, Charleston Waterkeeper and Coastal Conservation League For Immediate Release: 3/18/2020 Contact: Mike Mather, SELC Communications; cell/text (434) 333-9464; mmather@selcva.org Groups file lawsuit against Frontier Logistics over plastic pollution CHARLESTON, S.C. — After submitting the required notices, and without a satisfactory response from Frontier Logistics, SELC has filed […]
...PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE February 19, 2020 Contact: Diane Knich, Communications Manager, dianek@scccl.org, (843) 530-0211 Supreme Court Preserves Rights to Challenge Government Approval of Polluters on Behalf of Affected Citizens CHARLESTON, SC – Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that denied citizens’ ability to challenge the […]
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