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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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Orrin Pilkey opposing groin on Pawleys tonight at Waccamaw Library, 6 pm

By Mary Edna | Published: June 24, 2009
Excerpt from Pawleys Island: Agencies oppose south end groin by Charles Swenson at the Coastal Observer: Federal and state agencies are recommending denial of Georgetown County’s request to build a rock groin on the south end of Pawleys Island. They say there is no need for the project, and that it could harm wildlife habitat […]
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“Friends” still battling Kiawah Spit development

By Mary Edna | Published: June 22, 2009
Organizer of Friends of the Kiawah River, Sidi Limehouse, wrote the following letter in April 2009. He describes the ongoing legal issues that his group faces in opposing this development and summarizes the issues, including devastating results for wildlife. Cap’n Sam’s Spit: An Environment at Risk – A Call to Action This is an educational […]
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