South Carolina Sierra Club Legislative Tracker
This is a list of legislation South Carolina Sierra Club is tracking in the 2023-2024 legislative session. 2023 marked the first year of this two year session. The 2024 session began on Tuesday, January 9th and ends on Thursday, May 9th, except for...
Conservation Priorities
South Carolina Sierra Club
2024 Conservation Priorities
Protecting South Carolina's Waterways
South Carolina's waterways play a pivotal role in the state's economic, recreational, and environmental well-being. A rich network of rivers...
HEARINGS AND NOTIFICATIONS
NRC Public Meeting Schedule
on increasing the number of tritium producing burnable absorber rods
Meeting Details
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20230127
Purpose
The purpose of this...
Clean Energy Solutions
In June, 2021, the City of Columbia received a gift from the Sierra Club South Carolina Chapter via a one-time grant through the Ready for 100 campaign. It was an analysis of the path forward for the community of Columbia to achieve 100...
Environmental Justice
NRC Environmental Justice Panel listening session and policy discussion
September 27, 2021
The NRC will be having a Listening Session and Panel Discussion on Environmental Justice on September 27, 2021 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
A link...
Protecting Our Waters
South Carolina has over 30,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks. These resources provide plenty of places for us to canoe, kayak, fish or swim, but to ensure these special places are around for generations to come, we have to safeguard them. We...
Nuclear Issues
Many areas across the country are pushing back against coal, which is one of the most dangerous sources of greenhouse emitting gas. While that may lead to cleaner energy sources in some states, in South Carolina it leads to more nuclear power plants...
Anti-Plastic Conservation
Charleston Waterkeeper estimates that the total volunteer time spent participating in regular trash sweeps and clean-ups they organized in 2017 was worth $100,000 based on our state’s average hourly wage.
Resolutions
Conservation priorities and specific conservation projects are approved by the member-elected Chapter Executive Committee (XCOM). Conservation Priorites are general statements of the Chapter's areas of our conservation work, such as...