Category Archives: South Carolina

My Children Don’t Want a Coal Plant on the Great Pee Dee River

By Mary Edna | Published: July 30, 2009
Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state owned utility is planning to build a 1320 MW coal fired power plant on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River in southern Florence County. This will be the state’s 13th coal plant and it will emit every year over 10 million tons of CO2, the primary greenhouse gas, […]
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Philip Simmons remembered by Mary Edna

By Mary Edna | Published: June 26, 2009
Philip Simmons, whose skill with the hammer and anvil elevated him from a working man to an artisan widely recognized as a national treasure, died Monday night, June 22, 2009. He was 97. The renowned blacksmith passed in his sleep at Bishop Gadsden retirement home, right across the creek from my studio. I rode my […]
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June 20th Kayak trip to Captain Sam’s Point

By Mary Edna | Published: June 24, 2009
We had a wonderful trip on the Kiawah River to learn about the environmental harm that developing this sandy point of land would cause. Over 40 people supported the Coastal Conservation League and Friends of the Kiawah River in their efforts to save Beachwalker Park and Captain Sam’s Spit from improper development. The Park is […]
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