Wednesday, June 3, 2020
PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE
June 3, 2020
Contact: Diane Knich, Communications Manager, [email protected], (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 pervasive throughout America into stark, unforgiving relief. Events of the past week highlight a foundational truth of our society: Racism…
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 26, 2020
Contact:
Leslie Lenhardt, Esquire
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
[email protected] or (843) 527-0078
Diane Knich
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] 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 by KDP, II, LLC (formerly Kiawah Development Partners II, Inc.) to move the beachfront jurisdictional baseline seaward of the location proposed by South…
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 13, 2020
Contact: Diane Knich, Communications Manager, [email protected], (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 families in need thanks to a new contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box…
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Through the special lens of our coastal conservation mission, the Coastal Conservation League’s Energy and Climate Program tackles the human health and environmental degradation caused by today’s energy systems.
We are protecting the coast from the oil and gas drilling that underlies a major share of the global climate crisis. And we are working with state regulators, energy companies, and others to establish a rational retirement plan for the five South Carolina coal-fired power plants…
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…