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LOCAL NEWS / ACTIONS/ RESOURCES:
- CofC Researcher Uses New Fossils to Learn More About the Evolution of Baleen Whales
- Charleston 2023 Flooding and Sea Level Rise Strategy Update
- CP OPINION: Charleston’s new Union Pier plan is lipstick on a pig
- RESOURCE: CCC’s Environmental Justice Profile
- SCDOT Seeks Input at Public Hearing for I-526 at Long Point Road Interchange Improvements Project
- City of Charleston seeks full rezoning to prevent more flooding
- SC cities have some of the cleanest air in the region. Charleston is not one of them.
- Bring Hempcrete Workshops to SC!
- “Eat Drink Local Month” Campaign To Shine Light On Local Food, Beverage Businesses
- City Paper’s 420 hemp kit: Our exclusive look at a legal S.C. agricultural product
- Growing Wisdom: Discover a personal Eden decades in the making at horticulturist Susan McLeod Epstein’s West Ashley home
- Folly beach preparing for rising sea levels
- Rain Barrel Sale Open Now!
- APPLY NOW: Tides Frontline (Environmental & Climate) Justice Fund
- APPLY NOW: SCDNR Career Explorers Club Application (high school students)
- INTERVIEW: Charleston Climate Coalition’s Belvin Olasov
- SURVEY: City of Charleston 2023 Hazard Mitigation Plan
- ACT NOW: Make your voice heard in support of clean air!
- ACT NOW: Stop Dominion from raising electric bill rates!
- SURVEY: Help Develop Charleston County Resilience Resource Map
FEATURED BOOK: Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm by Susan Crawford
- Author Crawford explore link between race, rising waters
- The perfect storm: the US city where rising sea levels and racism collide
- One City’s Escape Plan From Rising Seas
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