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LOCAL NEWS / ACTIONS/ RESOURCES:
- Flood maps show potential hazards, development proposals differ
- Waste not: Charleston’s home food-scrap recycling program expands to neighboring towns
- CofC Environmental Chemistry Students Making Campus, Grounds Crew Healthier
- The whale moms are here. Where are the proposed speed limits meant to save them?
- Environmental Sacrifice Zones Can Be Beacons of Clean Energy Investment
- Thick ‘reusable’ plastic bags are exempt from the bag ban. This might change.
- GrowFood Carolina’s new director discusses next chapter
- Charleston launching effort to address flooding along Hagood Avenue
- South Carolina Aquarium dives into the holiday season with festive programs and conservation tips
- USC Survey: Climate Change-Related Risks Associated with Oyster Consumption Among Adults in South Carolina
- Palmetto Clean Fuels 2023 Stakeholder Survey
- SPEAK UP: Charleston County Climate Action Planning Questionnaire
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
- NOV 27: PLASTICS: Solutions to Deadly, Unjust Threats to Health and Climate” (virtual)
- DEC 1: Wire Reef Construction with SCDNR
- DEC 1: 2023 Light the Lake
- DEC 7: Sierra Club Winter Picnic and Holiday Party!
- DEC 9: Sea Life by Starlight 2023
- DEC 9: Adventure Out – Outdoor Yoga Series
- DEC 9: Merry Mingle!
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GLOBAL NEWS & RESOURCES
- Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work
- US EPA opens $2 billion in grants to environmental justice communities
- Environmental groups call for federal action after regulators OK Georgia Power coal ash permit
- Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes
- The world is doubling down on fossil fuels even as global demand peaks
- How bubble curtains protect porpoises from wind farm noise
- New Report Issues Damning Verdict on Food’s Fossil Fuel Addiction
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