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Campaign Update: Clean Energy for America |
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Written by Gerald Rudolph
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Environment America, with the much appreciated help of the Back Porch
Energy Initiative, has been hard at work here in South Carolina for the
past week working to bring clean energy to the forefront of the
presidential debates. As you know, we are pressuring the presidential
candidates to make clean energy a priority in their campaigns through
contacting them by phone and in person.
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Voice Your Opinion on the Ben Tillman Statue |
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Written by Melanie Knight
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
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Hello folks!
This is a link to a story from the State newspaper. Be sure to cast your vote in the poll in the box on the right hand side. (MKK note: The options in the non-binding poll are to make the plaque historically accurate--Tillman was a racist governor who advocated lynching and tried to keep African American from having any rights; remove the statue; or do nothing. As of 1/16 AM, "do nothing" is winning.)
An incomplete history: The legacy of 'Pitchfork Ben' Tillman/Statue reflects only partial story of the famous populist lawmaker.
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/285251.html
--Judy Turnipseed
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JAN 16: Immigration Bills Hearing |
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Written by Melanie Knight
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
Hello everyone!
The Constitutional Laws Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 1:30 P.M. or one and a half hours after adjournment of the House, whichever is later, in Room 516 of the Blatt Building. If you would like information on the various immigration-related bills, talking points, or would also like to show your support through your presence, please let me know and we can meet briefly before the hearing.
Contact: Conchita Cruz, Program Coordinator, Coalition for New South Carolinians, 803-429-8742,
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The Energy Efficiency Act, Senate bill 360 |
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Written by Gerald Rudolph
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
The Common Agenda Energy Committee considers monitoring Senate Bill 360 a high priority. Senator Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, introduced the bill.
Bill 360 states, "Section 48-52-215. For purposes of this chapter, 'renewable energy resources' means solar photovoltaic energy, solar thermal energy, wind power, hydroelectric, geothermal energy, tidal
energy, recycling, hydrogen fuel derived from renewable resources, biomass energy, nuclear energy, and landfill gas."
The originally wording did not include biomass energy, nuclear energy and landfill gas. Senator Daniel Verden III added nuclear energy, at the request of one of the utilities.
The key word is renewable. Renewable energy is defined as energy derived from resources that are regenerative or for all practical purposes cannot be depleted. Mining uranium doesn't qualify as a
regenerative resource.
Legislatively defining nuclear power as renewable energy source will remove the incentive for South Carolina utilities to use solar, wind, hydro or other truly renewables, due to the fact that our utilities
already produce 50%-60% of their electricity from nuclear reactors.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who recently ordered utilities to get 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources "with a strong focus on wind and solar", did not agree to pressure by Florida Power and Light to include nuclear on the list of renewable resources.
Some states, such as New Mexico, have included language in their legislation to assure that renewables do not include electric energy generated by use of fossil fuels, coal or nuclear energy. S 360 passed the Senate on 5/30/2007. The bill was introduced to the house on 5/31/2007 and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, where it currently
resides.
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Tell Your Senators to Let The "Protect America Act" Expire! |
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Written by Gerald Rudolph
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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Just before the December recess, the Senate came dangerously close to a floor vote on the Senate Intelligence Committee's version of S. 2248, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act. That bill was touted as a "fix" of the so-called "Protect America Act" (PAA, or more accurately, the Police America Act). The PAA was rushed through Congress last August, legalizing executive branch domestic wiretapping without warrants.
See how your Senators voted on the PAA
here.
Warrantless wiretapping started BEFORE 9/11
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