GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – NOVEMBER 25

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• 3 Johns Island properties to be preserved with $5M in funding

• South Carolina Beach Advocates to Convene January 16-17 in Isle of Palms

• MP nonprofit aims to expel discarded boats, debris

• Toxin was released into Congaree River. But agencies did little to stop it, greens say

• In Bloom: The Newest Garden from The Green Heart Project!

• Pier pressure: Are private docks cluttering, and harming, Charleston’s public waterways?

• 1,600 North Charleston power customers eligible for free energy upgrades

• Mount Pleasant receives funds from US Department of Energy to construct bike lanes

• Lowcountry Rapid Transit Shares “Significant Milestones”

• Sperm whale’s death in North Charleston linked to likely ship strike, necropsy finds

• Are Charleston’s leaders doing enough to fight climate change?

• ICYMI

  • Friends of Gadsden Creek: Counter Proposal for resident-led development

  • PLATFORM: Engage Charleston County

  • Black Residents Say No To Climate Gentrification in Charleston

  • CARTA offering free rides to the polls on Election Day

  • Lowcountry nonprofit awarded nearly $2.7 million for salt marsh restoration projects

  • A patchwork of single-use plastic bans exist across Charleston. What’s banned near you?

  • Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism and in the Lowcountry

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ACT NOW:

• SIGN PETITION: Ashley River Crossing: Keep the Connection to the Medical District

• Tell your U.S. senators: Support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

• Urge Congress to Hold Plastic Pellet Polluters Accountable!

• PETITION: Preserve the Former Baker Hospital Site as a Park

• TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!

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Featured Upcoming Events:

• NOV 30: 6th Annual Fall Festival

• DEC 2: Charleston Community Air Quality Network (CCAMN) Quarterly Meeting

• DEC 7: Sea Life By Startlight

• DEC 7: Merry Mingle

• DEC 8: Shellabration 2024

• DEC 12: Charleston Green Drinks: Green Gifting – Reduce, Recycle, ReUse

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GREEN GIFTING: REDUCE, RECYCLE, REUSE @ PALMETTO BREWING

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