GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – OCTOBER 28

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Cogswell throws wrench in Ashley River pedestrian bridge plan

  • Charleston mayor presents design changes to Ashley River pedestrian bridge — again

  • Design options revealed for Ashley River pedestrian bridge

• Mount Pleasant considers forming tree task force

• The Forecast on Fresh Seafood

• $1.7M of Johns Island land considered for new county park

• Dolphins are fundamental to Charleston’s ecosystem. What’s the impact of climate change?

• ‘It’s devastating’: seven dead identified in Georgia dock gangway collapse

• City officials accepting millions in state funds for West Ashley flood relief

• Charleston neighbors request non-lethal coyote control on Upper Peninsula

• Charleston’s Lockwood Drive floods even on sunny days. The city may have a solution.

• Charleston Waterkeeper kicks off shellfish harvesting season with oyster recycling event

• Deadly Georgia dock collapse blamed on unknown ‘catastrophic failure’

• Go birding around Charleston

• Energy investment could give South Carolina’s economy a $64B jolt

• VIDEO: Seawall coming to flood-prone sections of Charleston’s Lockwood Drive

• P&C Commentary: Charleston County School Board should think twice about Union Pier TIF

• 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 29: Lowcountry Maritime School Harbor Cruise

• NOV 2: Party for the Parks

• NOV 7: 8th annual Pedal & Panache

• NOV 8: GrowFood Carolina Warehouse Tour

• NOV 8-10: Ripple Effect: Ways We Connect Through Water – SCMEA Conference (Columbia)

• NOV 10: Green Heart Project’s 2nd Annual Farm to Table Dinner

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