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COMMENTARY: Rights of SC people, natural spaces must come before rights of utilities

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

By Faith Rivers James Originally published in the Post & Courier   Ten years ago, the oil industry and federal government attempted to open the door to oil drilling in the ocean near our beaches. The Coastal Conservation League, along with many partners, fought that effort, and there is now a bipartisan, community-wide consensus that oil drilling on our coast should not — and will not — be allowed. Gasoline usage in the United States has declined…

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