Tom Clements (politician)

Tom Clements
Green Party candidate for United States Senator from South Carolina
Election date November 2, 2010
Opponent(s)	Jim DeMint (R) Alvin Greene (D)
Incumbent	Jim DeMint
Personal details
Born	1951 Savannah, Georgia
Political party	Green Party
Residence	Columbia, South Carolina
Alma mater	Emory University, BA; master’s degree in Forest Resources, University of Georgia
Occupation	Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator with Friends of the Earth
Website	[1]

Jim DeMint (R)

Tom Clements (born 1951) is a South Carolina environmental activist and politician. Clements was the Green Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina. Clements received more than 9% of the general election. He is the Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator for the US branch of Friends of the Earth in Columbia, South Carolina. Clements worked as the campaign manager for Democratic Congressman Doug Barnard, Jr. in the 1980s and as well as a long environmental activist with Greenpeace and the Nuclear Control Institute.

Clements worked as a policy analyst in the United States Forest Service and as an inspector in the Office of Surface Mining for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Clements worked the executive director of the Nuclear Control Institute, a research and advocacy center for preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. He joined NCI in February 1999 and is responsible for the organization's day-to-day operations. Prior to joining NCI, Clements was a senior nuclear campaigner with Greenpeace. He is considered a nuclear and plutonium expert by the New York Times. He is also the Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator for the US branch of Friends of the Earth in Columbia, South Carolina. Friends of the Earth is the considered the public interest watchdog over the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site nuclear complex.

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