South Carolina Governor To Host Climate Change Meeting April 27

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

MARK SANFORD, GOVERNOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Joel Sawyer

803-734-2100

jsawyer@gov.sc.gov

Gov. Sanford’s Climate Change Group to Meet Friday

Columbia, S.C. – April 26, 2007 – Gov. Mark Sanford announced today that his Climate, Energy and Commerce Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting tomorrow in Columbia.

The committee, chaired by Senator John Courson, is comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders from the energy, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, tourism, heath care, environmental and state and local government sectors. The group is tasked with reviewing possible climate change impacts in South Carolina and formulating market-based strategies to address those changes going forward.

The governor will address the group to kick off their inaugural meeting tomorrow (Friday, April 27, 2007), being held at 10:00 a.m. in room 105 of the Gressette Building, located on the SC Statehouse grounds in downtown Columbia. For more information about the group and its goals, log on to http://www.scclimatechange.us.

For more information or directions from your location, contact Joel Sawyer in the Governor’s Office at (803) 734-2100, or jsawyer@gov.sc.gov.