GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – JULY 29

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Preservation Society releases guide to improve community resilience

• From Eggs to the Atlantic: The Incredible Journey of the Loggerhead

• Feeding wildlife, including feral cats, could soon be illegal on Isle of Palms. Here’s why.

• Sea walls on Isle of Palms might be back on the table, this time with eased restrictions

• The number of electric vehicles in SC continues to grow. Here’s how many are on the road.

• SC Aquarium’s ‘Julionfish Festival’ reels in small fish creating big problems

• CCSD quits composting program as advocates extoll environmental and economic benefits

• Charleston County passes 2-year building moratorium in historic preservation districts

• Bailey: Fool me twice, shame on Charleston County voters

• Groundbreaking event for new NOAA facility in North Charleston

• Charleston Parks Conservancy Launches $125,000 Campaign to Renovate Colonial Lake

• ‘No wake zones’ aren’t just for water ways. Charleston is considering them for flooded streets, too.

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• ICYMI

  • 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

  • CCC Launches new online portal to make community data more accessible and empowering: Environmental Justice Community Profile

  

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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:

• JUL 28: Bikes & Brews, a Charleston Moves Fundraiser

• JUL 30: Oyster Reef Build

• JUL 31: CCC Monthly Meeting (with Coastal Conservation League)

• AUG 1: Sierra Club Picnic on Shem Creek

• AUG 8: Charleston Green Drinks – GREEN SOCIAL

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