Tag Archives: Conservation Voters of South Carolina

Save Our Solar

By Mary Edna | Published: February 22, 2021
We invested in rooftop solar in 2016 and Dominion Energy’s monopoly in our region is trying to change solar pricing in a way that would demolish the industry. In short, their proposal would move from net metering to a hybrid instantaneous netting system, thus lowering payouts to solar power producers, and add two new fees, […]
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Don’t fill Charleston’s last urban tidal creek

By Mary Edna | Published: June 23, 2015
Gadsden Creek, the last remaining urban tidal creek in historic Charleston, is threatened by development. 93 concerned citizens congregated at DHEC’s public meeting at 265 Fishburne St on June 17, 2015. It began with a 10 minute defense by a representative of WestEdge (Horizon Project Foundation, Inc.) to fill 354,000 cubic feet of wetlands and […]
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South Carolina joins lawsuit to oppose EPA coal regulations

By Celie Dailey | Published: August 19, 2014
In the August 6, 2014 article SC suit against climate rules criticized organizations including the Conservation Voters of South Carolina and the S.C. Coastal Conservation League “oppose Attorney General Alan Wilson’s efforts [to reject the EPA’s targeted reductions of coal pollution], particularly because the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is already working to […]
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