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They’re Coming Back!

Last week, leadership from the House and Senate notified its members that they will return to Columbia to complete the business of the state on May 12th. They will use that week to deal with the projected drop…

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Advocacy 101

Between the Governor’s announcement that South Carolina students will be spending the rest of the school Year learning online and our state leaders still deciding how this Year’s legislative session will end, I believe that it’s safe to…

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Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell Recognized With Green Tie Award

2019 House Conservation Leadership Award – Representative Mandy Powers Norrell Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell was born and raised in Lancaster and educated in Lancaster County public schools. It was here where she learned the value…

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HOTLIST – Big Solar Win! And Other Sine Die Updates…

And that’s a wrap! The SC General Assembly just adjourned for the 2019 legislative Year but not before we solidifed a BIG WIN on clean energy. That’s right. Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Energy Freedom Act bill and today the House…

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HOTLIST – Offshore Drilling, Plastic Bans, and House Furlough

We made it through crossover week at the Statehouse! Thankfully, the Energy Freedom Act made it to the floor of the Senate. We also stopped several bad bills from making crossover (the day a bill has to make it…

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Energy Competition Bills Passes SC House

SC House Passes Energy Freedom Act Compromise Bill opens competition, removes net metering cap, and 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…

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At the Statehouse – Far from over

Things are really moving in Columbia! The Statehouse was bustling last week as legislation continued to move in both chambers of the General Assembly. That’s both a good and bad thing for our conservation movement. In the House, a diluted but still…

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32 S.C. Lawmakers Sign Bipartisan Letter Opposing Offshore Drilling

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…