x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by sc.lmhostediq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:49:21 -0400 thread-index: AdF+/CbAFi/6iDg4RZ+AHdgY8QmFjQ== Thread-Topic: Promote Clean Energy! From: To: Subject: Promote Clean Energy! Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:49:21 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Mar 2016 20:49:21.0842 (UTC) FILETIME=[26CF1920:01D17EFC] CUSTOM Miss Lisa Scharin Constituent Self 2251 United Drive Huger SC 29450 lscharin909@yahoo.com JOBS Promote Clean Energy! 72.168.161.72 Dear Governor Haley, I just called your office about the proposed drilling off our coast and was VERY pleasantly surprised that the entire South Eastern coast will be PROTECTED! I have to say THANK GOD for President Obama and his wisdom in reversing opening up our coastline!!! In saying that-I have to say that I was very disappointed and angered by your refusal to listen to the MAJORITY of PEOPLE, Towns, Counties, and Officials that opposed drilling and set referendums in place to do so! Some places are TOO precious, TOO unique and TOO fragile to exploit and our coastline is one of them! It is VERY SAD that YOU do not think this way and would have allowed dirty, toxic polluting companies to our State to destroy it!!! We don't have to be "rocket scientists" to know that we are experiencing more frequent and more severe storms! Being in the "Low Country" we also have more of a risk with flooding and major losses of life, communities, businesses when we have another hurricane!! Using the past as examples and also the very recent flooding many suffered from, we don't have to use much imagination when considering the cost and devastation a hurricane like Sandy, Katrina, Hugo or even stronger would have on our precious South Carolina! To me there is NO business-NO corporation-NO activity-NO job that is worth the risk that we would suffer from!!! The loss of lives, homes, businesses would have been on YOUR conscience too!! Again THANK GOD for the President to reverse the decision!!!!!!! I mention GOD because as a Christian I have a sacred oath and a commandment to be a GOOD steward of what GOD has created!!! Our oceans and environment are suffering enough from the reckless actions of man. We have been Blessed with wonderful marine life and wildlife as well! It would be a sin to allow oil & gas exploration to disrupt, harm and kill whales, dolphins and sea turtles, many of which are endangered and threatened now!! Again, there is NO business that is worth ruining the wonders of this area that so many love and respect!!! Respect, yes, respect for GOD'S creation the way HE created it! Protecting and conserving it for now and into the future!!! I have to say that it surprises me that you would risk your children's future and the quality of their lives by allowing oil & gas drilling along our coast!!!! We know that there WILL be a disaster and a spill related to this that would have been irreversible!! We only have to look at Louisiana and other areas that are still suffering from and cleaning up from oil spills! Dolphins and other marine life are still washing up dead with evidence of poisoning from oil!!! Fishing and shrimping businesses are still struggling as well. I would like to tell you that you have disappointed MANY by yet again listening to corporations and money-rather than the average person!!! People are TIRED of this and I am thankful President Obama has realized this!!! Time for YOU to do the same!!!!! South Carolina needs to invest in and encourage solar, wind technologies more and also have a stronger recycling program along with with waste-to-energy!!!! We have an abundance of sunshine and wind that is available, local, clean! We are behind TOO many countries now with Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and others almost entirely fossil free!! The technology is there, we MUST invest in it and END our use or fossil fuels and it's poisonous emissions and waste!!!! Today was a VERY happy day-knowing that our precious, beautiful coast is SAFE!!!!!! NO thanks to YOU though and remember-PEOPLE WILL remember who you listen to and what you have done in response!!! YOU failed South Carolina on this one-make up for it by encouraging solar and wind businesses to come to SC!!!!!!