The Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released. There will be public hearings from 5-7pm on August 31st and September 2nd at Burke High School in Downtown Charleston, September 7th at West Ashley HS, September 8th at James Island Charter HS, and September 9th at St Johns HS. Please attend!
Sprawl development is degrading water quality and making our shellfish unsafe to eat. It is not too late for the Bluffton area — CCL has a plan to save our waterways.
The South Carolina State Ports Authority is expanding the passenger cruise ship business in Charleston. Cruise ships are like floating cities and generate significant water and air pollution, as well as increased traffic congestion. Charleston should insist on strict standards for this industry, as other cities and states around the country have done.
First, developers failed to get congressional approval of federal subsidies for development on the highly erosional and environmentally sensitive Captain Sams Spit at the southwestern end of Kiawah Island. Then, they failed to get state permits to build an almost 3-acre concrete bulkhead in public trust tidelands in an effort to stabilize the mobile spit for development of up to 50 homes. Now, the developers are appealing the denial of the bulkhead permit and suing the state for “taking” their land.