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Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC)

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Hotlist Wrap Up 2008

The General Assembly completed the 2007-2008 session in June. Among other items, water withdrawal permitting, Conservation Bank funding and energy efficiency were three of the “hot” issues heavily debated at the State House during the past year. To learn about the outcome of the conservation community’s legislative priorities this year, click here.


Primary Races Help Build Conservation Majority

(Columbia, SC) Conservation Voters made gains toward building a bipartisan conservation majority by helping to elect conservation-minded candidates during the June 10 Primary and June 24 Runoff Elections. To read more, click here.


Click here to learn how your Representative is voting!


Consummate Conservationist: Longtime activist uses political skills to keep issues on legislative agendas

By SAMMY FRETWELL

For Ann Timberlake, a recent campaign to close a nuclear waste dump in South Carolina was like preserving the Congaree Swamp three decades ago. Read more...


 
CONSERVATION VOTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA (CVSC)

   CVSCCONSERVATION VOTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA (CVSC) is the political arm of the conservation community in South Carolina. We are a non-partisan, statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to protecting South Carolina’s environment by making it a priority for our elected leaders. As a legislative watchdog, CVSC works in concert with South Carolina’s conservation community to identify and highlight important bills impacting our air, water, wildlife, natural areas and our health. The CVSC Political Action Committee also supports pro-conservation candidates for political office at election time and holds state legislators accountable for their votes in a bi-annual Conservation Scorecard.