Senator Lindsey Graham, Congressman Jim Clyburn and even President Barack Obama are pushing South Carolina as a hot spot to produce new and traditional sources of energy.
That and the state’s more conservative political leanings are why the national Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate has focused its energies on the Palmetto State.
Phyllis Cuttino of the project says South Carolina is one of ten pivotal states:
We’re not interested in just going to states like Massachusetts, California or Washington State. We’re interested in talking to the heartland, been to Indiana, been to Ohio, been to Missouri, been to Michigan. So we’re going to places that have large military populations, that have a heated debate going on because these are the places that we have something to add.
Retired U.S. Senator John Warner talks energy security with SC business, government leaders
Cuttino, a Furman University graduate, has worked with the United Nations and in Washington for Senate Democrats. Today, she engages legislators, business interests, utilities and military leaders to discuss how energy independence means increased national security. The puts her working with retired Republican Senator John Warner, as well as a corps of retired, high-powered military leaders.
