This week, we’re talking about the impacts of rollbacks at the Environmental Protection Agency and a bill at the Statehouse to protect South Carolina wildlife. 

Public Concern is the weekly podcast from the South Carolina Conservation Coalition. The name of our podcast comes from Article 12 of the South Carolina Constitution, which is all about the functions of government: “The health, welfare, and safety of the lives and property of the people of this State...and the conservation of its natural resources are matters of public concern.” 

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The Conservation Coalition webinar series
https://www.cvsc.org/featured-post/webinar-series-conversations-conservationists/

Harvard Study on the relationship between PM2.5 and Covid-19
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/covid-pm/home

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/

Amy Armstrong: Clean air on the chopping block amid pandemic
https://www.postandcourier.com/health/covid19/commentary-clean-air-on-the-chopping-block-amid-pandemic/article_60a50600-7fec-11ea-894f-2343907634f5.html

U.S. EPA proposes changes to how clean air rules are written
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-regulation/u-s-epa-proposes-changes-to-how-clean-air-rules-are-written-idUSKBN23B2QV

What Trump’s permit order means for NEPA, energy and race
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063324751

Recreating Responsibly
https://www.rei.com/blog/news/recreate-responsibly

The South Carolina Wildlife Federation
http://www.scwf.org/

The South Carolina Statehouse
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/

Music:

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/