Category Archives: South Carolina

Exposing questionable practices in Awedaw

A new park in Awendaw is being mined for dirt to pay for costs of development. “There needs to be an impact study,” said Chris Crolley, owner of Coastal Expeditions and an Awendaw resident. “Nobody on Town Council is a geologist or a hydrologist.” The lake could be 80 acres once digging is complete. The […]
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As seas rise, efforts to develop Capt. Sam’s Spit should fall

The Post & Courier published Orrin Pilkey’s editorial “As seas rise, efforts to develop Capt. Sam’s Spit should fall” on Feb. 6, 2016: The level of the sea is rising. There are several reasons for sea level rise, but it is predominantly due to the melting of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets, and […]
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Don’t let one developer change our beachfront management program in South Carolina

It is a shame that one Senator, on the behalf of one developer of a mile of beachfront, is jeopardizing all of South Carolina’s beachfront management program. Please read this recent op-ed by Elizabeth M. Hagood in the Post & Courier: Protect S.C. coast: No retreat from ‘line in the sand’. Bill S.139 will be […]
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