Tuesday, April 21, 2020
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a grim reminder of why the majority of South Carolinians are opposed to offshore drilling off our coast.
More than 200 million gallons of oil, enough to fill more than 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools, gushed out damaging 1,000 miles of Gulf shoreline from Texas to Florida. That would cover the coast of South Carolina more than five times….
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
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; [email protected]
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 a federal lawsuit against the plastic-pellet packager and shipper asserting that the company is responsible for ongoing pollution of the…
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE
February 19, 2020
Contact:
Diane Knich, Communications Manager, [email protected], (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 permit authorizing the construction of new cruise ship terminal at Union Pier.
In response to the decision, Laura Cantral, Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation League,…
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…
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
It’s that time of year, the time to take stock of the past 365 days and make resolutions for the new year. We’re hoping that in 2020 communities will work to reduce their dependence on toxic rat poisons, known as anticoagulant rodenticides. This year, we learned that South Carolina wildlife is suffering from exposure to these toxic chemicals. A bobcat on Kiawah Island died from rodenticide secondary poisoning, which means she ate a rat…
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…