GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – OCTOBER 21

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Septic Tanks: A Hidden Menace

• Charleston Area Justice Ministry Releases Statement on SC Supreme Court Ruling on Gadsden Creek

• What steers hurricanes away from or toward the South Carolina coast?

• Despite setbacks, S.C. still ‘bullish’ on electric vehicles, batteries

• South Carolina Ranks As The Least Energy Efficient State

• Mold-resistant and sustainable: ‘Hemp homes’ could be future of affordable housing in SC

• Microplastics pose hidden threat in Charleston waterways

• Clean Harvest: Farming organic luffa sponges on John’s Island

• Development is no longer a threat to Charleston’s iconic Angel Oak after zoning vote

• Storms spike water bacteria, but levels otherwise stable

• 3rd Annual Toby’s Spooktacular Beach Sweep Set for October 27th on Folly Beach

• ICYMI

  • 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:

• OCT 25: Patagonia film screening — The Green Buffalo

• OCT 26: Lowcountry Fall Native Plant Market!

• OCT 27: Toby’s Spooktacular Beach Sweep

• OCT 27: Revelry/Green Heart Block Party

• OCT 29: Lowcountry Maritime School Harbor Cruise

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