Sierra Club - The Nancy Cathcart Group

09/13/2019

Our report confirms we are at a tipping point for energy production in S.C. Renewable energy and customer efficiency are now the cheapest, least risky options. We should pursue them.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – A study released Thursday by the Southern Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club and the Coastal Conservation League said Santee Cooper should find a path to u…

07/10/2019

Inland SC communities are moving ahead on bans on plastics as well!

Richland County SC became the first county in South Carolina’s Midlands to vote for a ban on plastic bags Tuesday. The county council says the bags are a danger to the environment and support reusable or recyclable bags.

07/07/2019

"South Carolina could be stuck with a massive stockpile of the nation’s most dangerous nuclear material for decades, despite a federal mandate and years of promises that the state wouldn’t become America’s plutonium dumping ground."

South Carolina could be stuck with a massive stockpile of the nation’s most dangerous nuclear material for decades, despite a federal mandate and years of promises that the state wouldn’t

05/20/2019

Please call and/or email your SC state Representative right now and tell her/him to sustain the Governor’s veto to H.3700! The last minute sea wall amendment to this bill is something we’ve always opposed and was done in bad faith after an original agreement on the bill.
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/legislatorssearch.php

Gov. Henry McMaster isn’t going along with an 11th hour plan to help wealthy property owners build a seawall on an eroding beach. He vetoed a bill to exempt property owners from the state’s seawall ban.

05/09/2019

Yes!

Historic day in SC as we have taken drastic steps to expand solar options in our State! Thank you to ALL who have worked tirelessly over the years for this moment!! On to the Gov’s desk for a signature. Time for some sunshine in our State’s utility business! ☀️

04/24/2019

More than 39 million pounds. That is the amount of scrap plastics, paper and other recyclable materials that South Carolina companies use every day to manufacture new carpets, auto parts,

04/03/2019

The Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on how state and local leaders are responding to the climate crisis in the wake of President Trump’s intent to withdraw from the Paris...

02/24/2019

Stand tall. Protect Home Rule. Oppose S.394.

Let’s be honest. The General Assembly likes power and doesn’t want to share. While South Carolina has a Home Rule law, many in the General Assembly do not like it.

02/12/2019

Tell your SC State House lawmakers to support H.3659/S.332!

It’s time to pass SC state legislation H.3659/S.332 by Rep. Peter McCoy, Sen. Tom Davis and many other bi-partisan state legislators. These vital bills do away with the arbitrary net metering cap holding back a solar explosion in SC, and they stop ratepayer fleecing by Big Utilities’ subsidized lost-revenue recovery in a short period of time. Reach your SC state lawmakers here: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/legislatorssearch.php

01/05/2019

When session begins next week, legislators have a 100 Day roadmap to create jobs, develop energy competition, and lower power bills for all South Carolina customers. We want to see positive, pragmatic legislation, and we can’t afford to take no for an answer!
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12/25/2018

Let’s keep up the fight. Happy Holidays!

A pair of environmental groups will challenge state regulators’ decision to let Dominion Energy buy South Carolina Electric & Gas and charge ratepayers for its failed nuclear project.