COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Conservation Voters of South Carolina, Coastal Conservation League, Sierra Club of South Carolina, Audubon South Carolina and the South Carolina Wildlife Federation announced today that a bipartisan group of 15 Republicans and 17 Democrats…

Conservation Voters of South Carolina’s Executive Director, John Tynan, issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Santee Cooper and SCE&G regarding abandonment of the VC Summer nuclear project: “Every energy plan for SC’s future includes the baseload nuclear…

CVSC Statement on Off-Shore Drilling Executive Order Conservation Voters of South Carolina’s Executive Director, John Tynan, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order that reopens the possibility of off-shore drilling in the Atlantic:  “Every…

This morning Governor McMaster issued a statement expressing support for S.105, a bill which seeks to limit the automatic stay. CVSC and the conservation community have grave concerns about this bill. Under the guise of promoting economic development, the bill limits…

Statement: CVSC Opposes President Trump’s Efforts to Rollback Off-Shore Drilling Protections Over the last two Years, CVSC and it’s partners have engaged over 5,000 South Carolinians and several local municipalities to fight off-shore drilling in the Atlantic. That work was…

COLUMBIA, SC – On Tuesday evening, January 24, Henry McMaster was sworn in as the 117th Governor of South Carolina. Following the ceremonial swearing in, Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC) Executive Director John Tynan issued the following statement: “Conservation…

COLUMBIA, SC – Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC) had its most successful political Year to date, racking up a 100% success rate of endorsed candidates in contested general election races and spending over $173,000 on election activities in 2016. The bipartisan,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2016 Conservation Voters of SC Releases 2015-2016 Legislative Scorecard CONTACT:  Rebecca Haynes, 803-403-5470 or 803-799-0716, [email protected] COLUMBIA – Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC) has released its biennial Legislative Scorecard for 2015-2016. Since…

September 7, 2016 Conservation Voters’ founding Executive Director, Ann Timberlake, announced that she will retire as Executive Director of the organization before the end of the Year. Timberlake noted that she accepted the task of building a “bi-partisan conservation majority”…

Dear Friends and Conservation Voters, When I took on the task of leading CVSC and “building a bipartisan majority for conservation” in 2003, we had a budget under $60,000 and the challenges ahead of us…