THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS DIGEST
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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:
- 625 acres of Lowcountry wild land preserved in a $1.7M win-win-win land deal
- Charleston County moves forward with potential future transportation sales tax
- Invasive insect threatens South Carolina okra crops
- Experts predicted a banner year for sea turtle nesting. The turtles had other thoughts.
- Discover the natural world at South Carolina Aquarium Camp!
- Thick plastic bags could be banned in Charleston County
- Charleston County weighs extension of transportation sales tax
- Scientists found one of the ‘rarest plants in the world’ in rural SC and are working to conserve it
- Get Out & Play!
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- PETITION THE CITY: Imagine It Better: The Just Ecological Corridor
- SPEAK UP: Hands Off Beidler Forest!
- SIGN & SHARE PETITION: Stop the Edisto River Gas Plant and Pipeline!
- ICYMI
- SC Aquarium program enables Lowcountry residents to help track sea level rise. Here’s how.
- Food insecurity deepens in Charleston area
- 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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- OCT 6: Newmarket Cleanup + Drinks
- OCT 8: Native Plants & Radical Hospitality
- OCT 9: Charleston Green Drinks SOCIAL
- OCT 10-11: Riverfront Revival
- OCT 11: Marsh Cleanup along Pitt Street Bridge Park
- OCT 16: The M.A.R.S.H. Project Presents Rebecca McMackin
- OCT 16: Septic System Failures Help and Prevention in South Carolina (WEBINAR)
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