Conservation Voters

CVSC's mission is to make conservation and environmental issues a top priority among South Carolina's elected leaders, political candidates, and voters.

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Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/business/energy-environment/30deep.html?th&emc=th

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Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize - NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/us/25drill.html?th&emc=th

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Free Times - Some great Letters to the Editor: http://bit.ly/cVdCkK

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Senate Democrats forced to accept much slimmer energy bill - CSMonitor.com: http://bit.ly/9pEdXj

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New blog post: http://energyindependencesouthcarolina.blogspot.com/2010/08/competing-with-china-for-clean-energy.html

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Economic summit tackles oil spill's impact on East Coast - WMBFNews.com - http://bit.ly/cK7fKE #green #oil #sc

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via @wachfox: Oil drilling off SC coast: risk and opportunity http://bit.ly/9iw9so

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Activist going Green to target DeMint - S.C. Politics - TheState.com: http://bit.ly/cdwuuc

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Coastal Carolina talks out oil issue - The Sun News - http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/08/07/1624614/ccu-talks-out-oil-issue.html

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Building a green economy - Charleston SC - The Post and Courier - postandcourier.com: http://bit.ly/aV1EZn

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So what does the watered down climate bill look like now? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40607.html

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Expanding offshore drilling will NOT bring many jobs to SC. Most will go instead to out-of-state workers with rig-operating experience.

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Gulf states did not recieve any monetary compensation for offshore drilling in federal waters until 2006. Almost a century of risk for what?

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End offshore drilling in SC before it begins: http://www.statehousereport.com/CurrentIssue.aspx?ID=89#News

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Congress and the Spill. Failure to pass legislation helped no one, now what? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/opinion/03tue1.html?th&emc=th

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Gulf Spill Largest of its Kind - NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03spill.html?th&emc=th

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A green economy would produce 3X as many high-paying jobs ($16/hr or more) than an oil economy: http://www.peri.umass.edu/green_recovery/

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The Post and Courier - Carbon emissions raise global temperatures, coastal risks - Charleston SC - postandcourier.com: http://bit.ly/cM4vDf

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"The heavy price of unclean energy" http://www.thestate.com/2010/08/01/1397096/sundays-letters-to-the-editor.html

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Call your Senators' local offices and let them know you support comprehensive energy reform! http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/