GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – JULY 14

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Reale: Stop science cuts to keep future from becoming more vulnerable

• Beech Hill to become next South Carolina state forest

• Charleston County leaders discuss transportation priorities ahead of expiring 2026 half-cent sales tax

• Potential illegal oil dumping in North Charleston sparks resident concern

• Mount Pleasant leaders oppose portion of Charleston highway project set to run through 745-acre park

• Isle of Palms considers ban on shark fishing

• Mount Pleasant invites public to learn about new residential environment program

• Summer meal programs in Charleston help feed kids when class is out. Here's how they work.

• Shem Creek bike lane project wrapping up after 9 years

• Facing tempests and rising waters, can SC's historical marine artifacts survive a warmer world?

• Keep North Charleston Beautiful hosts beautification projects for “25 for 2025” litter cleanup initiative

• 5+ ecotours to help you explore Charleston’s outdoors

• Lowcountry organizations to build oyster reefs to protect waterways

• Efforts to Mitigate Flooding in Charleston

• SIGN & SHARE PETITION: Stop the Edisto River Gas Plant and Pipeline!

• SPEAK UP: Tell Trump's EPA: Don't Kill Us With Your Polluting Power Plan

• ICYMI

  • RESOURCE: Lowcountry Heat Action Plan Toolkit

  • Charleston City Paper: Get outside

  • SC Aquarium program enables Lowcountry residents to help track sea level rise. Here's how.

  • Food insecurity deepens in Charleston area

  • CARTA’s Beach Reach shuttle service to the beach now running through Labor Day

  • How coastal SC residents transform anxiety over climate change into productive action

  • Sea level rise and frequent tides: understanding Charleston's increasing coastal flooding

  • City of Charleston launches the first-ever environmental corridor in Southeast

  • Paper, plastic, metal: SC app shows what, where and how to recycle

  • 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 in the Lowcountry

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