GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – APRIL 14

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Water guru Morris dies unexpectedly in accident

• SURGE the Lowcountry Climate Magazine Issue 10

• South Carolina Aquarium Road Trips to Release Five Rehabilitated Green Sea Turtles

• Changes to SC blue crab laws are coming. Here’s what to know.

• Charleston County moves forward with James Island stormwater drainage project

• Charleston leaders look to kickstart construction on Lowcountry Lowline

• Charleston Parks Conservancy Announces Inaugural Bloom Charleston Festival at Colonial Lake

• Charleston County approves new design for Main Road Segment A

• Office or Resilience and Sustainability to Host Waterwise: Charleston Open Houses

• SPEAK UP:

  • ACT NOW: Tell your Senator to stop the Automatic Rate Increase Act

  • SC Senate passes sweeping energy bill aimed at meeting SC’s growing power needs

• 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

• APR 15: Forum on the Charleston Integrated Water Plan

• APR 16: Elevating Wellbeing: SCHBC x Blue Zones Seminar Series – Lowcountry

• APR 17: MUSC The Greenest Day: An Earth and Arbor Day Celebration

• APR 22: South Carolina Sea Turtles & Manatees – Conservation in Action

• APR 26-27: High Water Festival

• APR 27: PREMIERE SCREENING: ‘Free Boat to Good Home’

• APR 27: Blessing of the Fleet

• APR 27: Picnic for the Parks 2025

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