Category Archives: Coast

Monitoring Pollution in James Island Creek

In 2012 I started getting sick when I swam in James Island Creek. After visiting every local group, Charleston Waterkeeper came to the rescue and began its program of monitoring the water off our dock. Years of sampling data and advocacy now has a TDML (total maximum daily load) goal set by DHEC to reduce […]
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Pilkey’s Latest Word on Sea Level Rise

“A French beach cleared of homes shows NC the way,” written by Orrin Pilkey and published in the News & Observer on Febrary 24th, 2019, describes one possible solution for preparing the Carolina coastline for the imminent threat of sea level rise. Pilkey writes: “As the French minister of the environment said, we need to […]
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Hurricane Florence

Check out these timely responses to our recent hurricane and climate change, including a video in the New York Times, an insightful article from Medium, and an animation of the flooding in Cape Fear.
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