This morning, October 29, 2007, the First Monday Breakfast Club hosted John Ramsburgh of Conservation Voters of South Carolina. The following video of the event provides an excellent update on energy issues that we are currently facing in South Carolina, the proposed Santee-Cooper coal fired plant, and alternative energy options to that plant.
Posted by Emily E. Jackson at 1:25 PM
Clean energy - efficiency and renewables - should be
Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state public service authority, wants to build a 1320 MW coal plant on the banks of the
It's the wrong choice for our state. The effects of coal emissions are clear: sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides drive acid rain and smog; soot, or fine particles, are a precursor for asthma and heart attacks; mercury poisons wildlife and imperils human life, and carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global warming. A new coal plant puts our environment, health, and economy at risk.
Insist on clean energy for South Carolina!
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