GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – AUGUST 5

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• The Water Front: Meet the advocates making Charleston’s aquatic environment happier, healthier, and more equitable

• Group sues county over ‘illegal’ $5.4B sales tax referendum

• New Conservation Easement in the ACE Basin

• How composting food waste can ensure healthy, absorbent soil that reduces flooding

• After Public Hearings, Regulators Limit Duke Energy Carolinas Rate Hike

• Drainage project in West Ashley neighborhood finished after five years

• NOAA breaks ground on renovations to pier facility in North Charleston, South Carolina

• State agencies work to restore West Ashley marsh

• SC-Based Oyster Farm Begins 6.4 Million Dollar Project To Expand Production Across US

• You might be surprised by how much Charleston recycles. But where does all that stuff go?

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• ICYMI

  • Preservation Society releases guide to improve community resilience

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

  • CARTA offering free rides to the beach all summer

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

  

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ACT NOW:

• 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

• Lowcountry Thrives Green Business Program – Call for community FEEDBACK

• TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!

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Featured Upcoming Events:

• AUG 8: Charleston Green Drinks – GREEN SOCIAL

• AUG 14: Conservation on Tap in Charleston

• AUG 17: National Thrift Shop Day

• AUG 17: Charleston Spirit of Giving Day NonProfit Palooza

• AUG 17: Laps for Love

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