WHAT A DIFFERENCE
TWO WEEKS CAN MAKE:
Jim Hodges does a 180 degree turn on the Environment
(Turn up your speakers to hear the Hodges Theme)
The governor, who sees the shipment as an attempt to make
the SRS a permanent storage site for weapons plutonium, said he would lie in the
road to block government trucks, if necessary.
-Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Charleston Post and Courier
Originally, Gov. Jim Hodges had planned to watch
state troopers practice roadblocks Wednesday in front of the Savannah River
Site.
Instead, he spent the day talking to agency officials and U.S. Rep. Lindsey
Graham, R-S.C., about how the two sides can work together on making sure
plutonium brought to the site near Aiken doesn't find a permanent home in the
state.
-Thursday, August 30, 2001
Charleston Post and Courier
Gov. Jim Hodges has signed bills into law that
reduce pollution penalties and toughen the state's laws on bulletproof
vests.
-Wednesday, September 5, 2001
Charleston Post and Courier
When you're Jim Hodges, two weeks CAN make a big difference ...
Who really stood up for
South Carolina's environment?
The federal government has agreed to halt planned shipments of weapons-grade
plutonium from Colorado to South Carolina until an agreement is forged
specifying how and when the material will be removed from the state, House
Speaker David Wilkins and Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler said late Friday.
"We received assurances there would be no
shipments of plutonium until there's ample time to develop a clear exit
strategy," Wilkins, R-Greenville, said after he and Peeler met at
Department of Energy headquarters with Undersecretary Robert Card.
"We're going to get it in writing," Peeler
said.
-Saturday, August 25, 2001
Charleston Post and Courier
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