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Coastal Conservation League’s efforts to keep Kiawah Spit pristine are heard in appeals court

By Mary Edna | Published: October 22, 2009
Kiawah Island TALK reported on the latest efforts of the Kiawah Development Partners (KDP) to get a revetment/bulkhead built to stabilize Kiawah Spit and their plan for a subsequent housing development: Kiawah Island TALK – October 2009 (download full pdf). In summary: After hundreds of taxpayers made their voices heard in protest to Congressman Henry […]
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Future generations have one less coal plant

By Mary Edna | Published: August 26, 2009
Santee Cooper has finally given up its $2.2 billion dollar coal-fired power plant by unanimous vote of its board. The Coastal Conservation League (CCL) has been fighting its construction for three years, alongside instrumental concerned citizens’ groups, Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC) and SCsaysNO, and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign. Mary Edna Fraser […]
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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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