Press Releases
Federal program to fund 148 zero-emission buses across 16 S.C. school districts COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina was awarded over $58 million Wednesday to phase out old diesel school buses and modernize its fleet with new electric school buses serving…
Press Releases
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Over 300 members of South Carolina’s conservation, political and business communities gathered together on Wednesday in the Grand Hall of Historic 701 Whaley Wednesday, September 21, for Conservation Voters of South Carolina’s 14th Annual Green Tie Award…
Legislative Hotlist
Hey there, it has been a while! The General Assembly isn’t in session, but they’ve still been busy. Over the last few months, the House and Senate have both been meeting in various committees to talk about an extremely complex…
Legislative Hotlist
Your friendly government relations team wanted to update you on what has happened since Sine Die. In May we left session with several bills still in negotiation and a resolution that carved out time to resolve them. The House and…
Election Updates
The day after elections, I always schedule some time to take stock of what happened the night before and what it means for both politics and conservation. An optimist at heart, I always look for the silver lining and what…
Election Updates
CVSC and CVSC-PAC Invest in 24 Primary Elections, Making 381,000 Voter Contacts In the 2022 primary elections, Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC) and CVSC Political Action Committee (CVSC-PAC) invested in a wide array of direct mail and door-to-door activities…
Project News & Updates
This op-ed originally appeared in greenvilleonline.com on May 15, 2022, authored by CVSC Energy Project Manager Jalen Brooks-Knepfle. The Energy Freedom Act was a new start for South Carolina. This popular and bipartisan legislation changed the game for…
Legislative Hotlist
Clang, Clang: it’s sine die, friends! This marks the end of the second Year of a two-Year session. Unless a bill was included in the sine die resolution,…
Legislative Hotlist
First things first – thank you all for a wildly successful Conservation Coalition Lobby Day and Oyster Roast! I had a ton of fun and you showed the General Assembly how important conservation is to voters. I’m already looking forward…
Legislative Hotlist
Session is coming to a close and things are starting to get… interesting. Let’s jump in! The Lay of the Land: We’ve got nine legislative days left at the end of this two…