Monday, June 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2019
Contacts:
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director — (252) 714-4790 or [email protected]
Diane Knich, Communications Associate — (843) 530-0211 or [email protected]
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
[email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
[email protected] 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
[email protected] or (843) 527-0078
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] or (252) 714-4790
Erin Hardwick Pate, North Coast Office Director
Coastal Conservation League
[email protected] 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
[email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
[email protected] 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
[email protected] or (803) 361-1693
Caitie Forde-Smith, Communications Director
[email protected] 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, [email protected]
Coastal Conservation League – Caitie Forde-Smith, (252) 714-4790, [email protected]
Oceana – Dustin Cranor, (954) 348-1314, [email protected]
Natural Resources Defense Council – Anne Hawke, (646) 823-4518, [email protected]
Earthjustice – Maggie Caldwell, (415) 217-2084, [email protected]
Center for Biological Diversity – Kristen Monsell, (914) 806-3467, [email protected]
Defenders of Wildlife – Gwen Dobbs, (202) 329-9295, [email protected]
Groups seek court order…
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 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
Groups aim to protect pristine estuary and health of beach, appeal state agency decision authorizing multiple groins on Debidue in Georgetown County
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC – Today, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, on behalf of the Coastal Conservation League, filed a Request for Review with the S.C. Department of Health…
Friday, January 18, 2019
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Coastal Conservation League
For Immediate Release: Jan. 18, 2019
Contact:
Mike Mather, SELC Communications, (434) 333-9464 or [email protected]
Caitie Forde-Smith, Coastal Conservation League, (252) 714-4790, [email protected]
Judge bars government from working on seismic permits during shutdown
Ruling clarifies government’s confusing and contradictory position
CHARLESTON, SC — A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting during the shutdown, settling the confusion the government created…
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 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
Groups Appeal Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling Upholding Development Permits for Captain Sams Spit
CHARLESTON, SC—Administrative Law Judge Ralph King Anderson, III, issued a ruling on December 14, 2018, affirming the state Department of Health and Environmental Control’s decision to issue a permit authorizing the construction of a road, steel sheetpile…
