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A weekly collection of updates from the Lowcountry’s
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LOCAL NEWS / ACTIONS/ RESOURCES:
- Charleston Moves Announces 2023 Mobility Month Schedule
- Can the sustainable food movement support SC commercial fishermen and fish they catch?
- Charleston Parks Conservancy Launches Effort to Help Manage Flooding and Reduce Urban Heat by Increasing Urban Tree Canopy
- Sea turtles rehabilitated in Charleston released back into ocean
- Charleston County considering pedestrian bridge between West Ashley and North Charleston
- South Carolina Aquarium Celebrates National Citizen Science Month with Ingevity
- DHEC testing PFAS in surface water across the state
- Charleston County to greenlight funding for parts of Mount Pleasant bike, pedestrian trail project
- Charleston County Parks Breaks Ground on Old Towne Creek County Park
- INTERVIEW: City of Charleston’s Chief Resilience Officer Dale Morris
- CONTEST: Tree Photo & Haiku!
- Rain Barrel SALE Open Now!
- APPLY NOW: Tides Frontline (Environmental & Climate) Justice Fund
- APPLY NOW: SCDNR Career Explorers Club Application (high school students)
- 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
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
- APR 28: Cans for Canopies
- APR 29: Home Gardening Class @ Fresh Future Farm
- APR 29: Free Tour Charleston County Compost Facility
- APR 30: Parklands Foundation Sunset Harbor Cruise
- MAY 2: GrowFood Carolina Spring Open House
- MAY 4: Right to Ride Day
- MAY 4: Sierra Club – What You Need To Know About PFAS – the Forever Chemicals (virtual)
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GLOBAL NEWS & RESOURCES
- The IPCC makes it clear: fossil fuels must go
- Biden Establishes Office of Environmental Justice
- 5 Black-Led Environmental Organizations Committed To Saving Pockets of the Planet
- They cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want justice
- Colorado passes first US right to repair legislation for farmers
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