Legislative Hotlist
It’s hard to believe we already put three weeks of this legislative session in the history books. Last week education reform dominated conversations in the House. As legislators begin to work more on education, we’re going to need voices of…
Legislative Hotlist
This week was a mix of positive developments on priority energy issues (spoiler – both energy competition bills are now introduced) and negative developments as a Senate Subcommittee moved to roll back dam safety protections. We…
Legislative Hotlist
We had a great first week back at the Statehouse with positive headway on clean energy. Like other Hotlists, this week’s update includes a rundown on what all happened last week as well as what you can expect…
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As we jump back into legislative session this January, we are working closely with our partners in the SC Conservation Coalition to prioritize our top legislative priorities for 2018. We’ll be adjusting and adding to our list…
Legislative Hotlist, Project News & Updates
A coalition of solar industry groups, conservation organizations, and clean energy advocates released a 100 Day Clean Energy Agenda January 2, calling on state lawmakers to pass a suite of policies…
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2018 Legislative Wrap-up The 2018 legislative session is in the books! Here’s the rundown of how all of our conservation priorities fared this Year. Conservation Bank Re-authorization – H.4727 In the 2017 session, we saw progress on bills to reauthorize the…
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Wow. With your help, South Carolina’s premier tool for protecting public and private lands, the Conservation Bank, was permanently reauthorized at the State House this Year. We showed our state legislators how much we care about land protection, and they…
Legislative Hotlist, Press Releases
COLUMBIA, SC – CVSC today released the 2017-2018 Conservation Scorecard, the primary yardstick for evaluating the conservation records of every member of the SC Legislature. The Scorecard is available online at https://www.cvsc.org/scorecard/legislative-scorecard/. Since 2002, CVSC has held legislators accountable at the Statehouse for…
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Happy Sine Die! In legislative speak, that means the legislative session is (mostly) over until 2019. I say mostly because the House and Senate made arrangements that will allow them to return later in May and June to discuss the budget,…
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As we approach the last week of session, we’re seeing a lot of action at the State House. We have very good news on solar! I’m happy to report that the House budget has taken its final shape with several…