Category Archives: Charleston

What you need to know about Cainhoy Peninsula

Cainhoy (SC) 36″ x 36″ batik on silk, Mary Edna Fraser 2014 A proposed development on the Cainhoy Peninsula could make low-country flooding problems even worse. The Southern Environmental Law Center tells us how this risky development could drastically affect our already destructive flooding issues in this article:
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Say NO to I-526 Extension

“The environmentally destructive 526 extension plan still looms over Charleston County and our beloved sea islands at a projected cost of close to $800 million and likely much more. The latest cost estimate is $772 million using 2019 dollars, which is more than $50 million higher than the last cost estimate completed four years earlier in 2015 (CCL). The project […]
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Orrin Pilkey’s Op Ed

Rain Over Charleston, 60″ x 36″ oil on canvas by Mary Edna Fraser 2020 With eighty nine flooding events in our city in 2019, sea level rise affects all of us. My boss, Orrin Pilkey, weighs in with the Post & Courier on what taking action to protect Charleston for future generations will look like. “For Charleston, […]
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