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Good news for our creek and most waterways in Charleston

Thanks to Charleston Waterkeeper, we are happy to report that our creek and most others in our area are again swimmable! View the Water Quality Monitoring page to see the results around town.
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Success in South Carolina thanks to the Coastal Conservation League

Environmentalists and industrialists found common ground here in South Carolina after agreeing on a plan to remove and recycle coal ash at 3 Santee Cooper power plants. Spurred by a lawsuit by the Coastal Conservation League, coal ash stored in ponds will be recycled into cement rather than permanently encased on site. A June 7th […]
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Our Common Thread: Environmental Awareness

Mary Edna Fraser’s silk batiks of aerial, underwater, and outer space imagery present a colorful and unique sense of place with a common thread of environmental awareness. The lecture will show how Fraser uses her iconic images in collaboration with scientists, including planetary geologist Ted Maxwell of the Smithsonian, coastal geologist Orrin H. Pilkey of […]
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