GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – MARCH 24

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Nonprofit organizations, cities nationwide challenge Trump administration’s federal funding freeze

• Environmental projects face uncertainty as funding freezes loom. What SC has to lose.

• Lowcountry Food Bank, nonprofits struggling amid recent federal funding cuts

• Entrepreneur puts down roots with Charleston brick-and-mortar store

• Conservative Voters Continue Strong Support for Conservation

• A 'green' flooding solution for Johns Island? Construction begins on $5.8M drainage project.

• City of Charleston expected to rework proposed changes to “watercraft and floating structure” ordinance

• North Charleston homeowner gets $50K energy makeover. Lower utility bills will be a relief, she says

• SC lawmakers push new bill to address issue of abandoned boats in waterways

• Volunteers spend morning cleaning trash and debris from Charleston tidal marshes

• ICYMI

  • REPORT: LCV’s annual National Environmental Scorecard

  • A Chat with Belvin Olasov, Local Activist & Co-Director of the Charleston Climate Coalition

  • TELL YOUR REP: Protect Customers and the Environment from H.3309

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

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

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

  • 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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Featured Upcoming Events:

APRIL is …
LOWCOUNTRY EARTH MONTH

• MAR 28: Seed to Soup

• MAR 29: Plantasia

• MAR 30: Earth-A-Palooza - Earth Month Kick-off

• APR 3: Sierra Club presents: The South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative

• APR 7-9: SC Resilience Conference (Greenville)

• APR 12: 2025 Charleston Honey and Bee Expo

• APR 12-13: Ride the Lowcountry 2025

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