{"id":5133,"date":"2023-08-04T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/s-c-floodwater-commission-chairman-addresses-conservative-climate-foundation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:57:01","slug":"s-c-floodwater-commission-chairman-addresses-conservative-climate-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/s-c-floodwater-commission-chairman-addresses-conservative-climate-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"S.C. Floodwater Commission chairman addresses Conservative Climate Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Dr. Mullikin discusses conservative approach to climate change<\/i><br \/><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>By W. Thomas Smith Jr.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tom Mullikin, South Carolina&rsquo;s renowned global expedition leader and chair of the<br \/>gubernatorially established S.C. Floodwater Commission, addressed a gathering of the<br \/>Conservative Climate Foundation (CCF) at the historic Mills House hotel in Charleston,<br \/>S.C., Wednesday, Aug. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off his month-long SC7 expedition across the Palmetto State, July 1-30, Mullikin<br \/>shared with CCF members and guests some of his environmental revelations gleaned<br \/>through decades of academic research and worldwide expeditionary experience. He<br \/>also discussed the success of the 4 th -annual SC7 Expedition which led participants on<br \/>an exploratory trek from the mountains in the Upstate through the Midlands, then toward<br \/>the Myrtle Beach coast, then the Lowcountry concluding at the old Spanish Moss Trail<br \/>in Beaufort County.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Mullikin&rsquo;s international work and the recent SC7 Expedition, the former U.S.<br \/>Army officer and retired S.C. State Guard commander made three salient points as<br \/>regards climate and a universally non-partisan approach to it.<\/p>\n<p>FIRST: The nature of amplified global climate change and the need for an effective<br \/>global agreement that includes all nations including China and India.<\/p>\n<p>SECOND: The need to understand greenhouse gases and sources of these emissions<br \/>in order to instruct a path forward to reduce the same through advanced technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THIRD: The need to dispel the common narrative that environmental and economic<br \/>sustainability are mutually exclusive. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;South Carolina is a global model for how to reduce one&rsquo;s environmental footprint while<br \/>enhancing the economy,&rdquo; Mullikin said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2021, the CCF supports members of Congress and conservative thought-<br \/>leaders working on climate issues as part of the U.S. House of Representative&#8217;s<br \/>Conservative Climate Caucus and the Republican Energy, Climate, and Conservation<br \/>Task Force. The CCF&#8217;s mission is &#8220;to engage and inform the public and policymakers about reducing global and domestic emissions with common sense, economic, and environmentally sustainable strategies and solutions based on conservative principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mullikin spoke during the CCF&rsquo;s 2 nd -annual Communicators Retreat dinner at the hotel&rsquo;s<br \/>Iron Rose Restaurant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; For more information about the CCF, please visit &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightonclimate.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rightonclimate.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mullikin discusses conservative approach to climate change By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Dr. Tom Mullikin, South Carolina&rsquo;s renowned global expedition leader and chair of thegubernatorially established S.C. Floodwater Commission, addressed a gathering of theConservative Climate Foundation (CCF) at the historic Mills House hotel in Charleston,S.C., Wednesday, Aug. 2. 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