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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:
- Unexpected surge in South Carolina electric bills predicted
- Agritourism takes root as S.C. farmers open doors
- Some Southern states have seafood labeling laws. South Carolina isn’t one of them.
- Area infrastructure projects tackle flooding, traffic, more
- Folly Beach begins underground work for Center Street drainage project
- Fed food stamp cuts may cost SC over $100 million. How will it worsen hunger?
- Future Angel Oak Preserve Recognized as Community Forest
- National Weather Service Charleston changing criteria for flood warnings
- SC residents seek to settle air-pollution suit against aluminum plant
- Charleston County leaders approve millions in funds towards rural road projects
- Conservation group buys 8,000-acre forest in Georgetown County
- SCDNR program teaches kids hunting and life skills for free
- Go birding around Charleston
- SPEAK UP: Hands Off Beidler Forest!
- SIGN & SHARE PETITION: Stop the Edisto River Gas Plant and Pipeline!
- SPEAK UP: Tell Trump’s EPA: Don’t Kill Us With Your Polluting Power Plan
- SUPPORT: The NOAA Sea Grant College Program relies on federal funding and, unfortunately, the budget request for fiscal year 2026 proposes that the Sea Grant program is terminated. This funding is critical in providing science on vital coastal issues—such as improving water quality, sustainable fisheries, disaster preparedness, workforce development, and a thriving economy—to our coastal communities and businesses. Please consider supporting Sea Grant in two ways:
- Contact your Congressional delegation directly to let them know how important Sea Grant is to you (you may easily reach your delegation here)
- SIGN a letter of support that we will share with them.
- ICYMI
- Mount Pleasant invites public to learn about new residential environment program
- RESOURCE: Lowcountry Heat Action Plan Toolkit
- Charleston City Paper: Get outside
- SC Aquarium program enables Lowcountry residents to help track sea level rise. Here’s how.
- Food insecurity deepens in Charleston area
- CARTA’s Beach Reach shuttle service to the beach now running through Labor Day
- How coastal SC residents transform anxiety over climate change into productive action
- Sea level rise and frequent tides: understanding Charleston’s increasing coastal flooding
- Paper, plastic, metal: SC app shows what, where and how to recycle
- A patchwork of single-use plastic bans exist across Charleston. What’s banned near you?
- Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism in the Lowcountry
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