Digging deeper into the Savannah River Sellout!
FITSNEWS asked CCL to write an OpEd providing further details about the environmental impacts of the deepening of the Savannah River. We describe the three main environmental impacts on wetlands, wildlife and the levels of dissolved oxygen. Moreover, we ask the question is it worth it? Click here for full article
Get it while its hot!
The Fall 2011 newsletter is on the stands now! Click here to download the pdf.
Duke Energy Wants To Raise Rates, Public Hearing Wednesday
Duke Energy is requesting a rate increase, but you have a say. The Public Service Commission of South Carolina will hold four public meetings regarding the request for the increase. The first public hearing is Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Tracy J. Gaines Building on the campus of Spartanburg Community [...]
Volunteers needed for TNC Project
Volunteers, The Nature Conservancy, and SC Department of Natural Resources staff will join forces to plant 300 plugs of Spartina alterniflora (smooth cord grass) near the oyster castles that were installed on Jeremy Island in September 2011. One of the objectives of the project is to determine if the oyster castles help reduce shoreline erosion [...]
Join us for a celebration of GrowFood Carolina!
Please join the Coastal Conservation League, Saturday November 5 from 7 to 11 pm, for the grand opening of Charleston’s first local food hub, GrowFood Carolina! We are thrilled to celebrate the first harvest of this important program, which will support the rural economy of our region, and provide a link between local growers and [...]
Developer wants to build an illegal dock that threatens pristine beach area
The SCDHEC Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management is holding a public hearing on a permit application to construct a private community dock on the Kiawah Spit. TOMORROW–Wednesday, September 28–6 PM Kiawah Island Town Hall 21 Beachwalker Drive Kiawah Island, SC 29455 Please attend this meeting to show OCRM that you want this permit [...]
Leading South Carolina Conservation Group Joins Lawsuit Challenging EPA Exemption for Biomass Burners
Charleston, S.C. —The Coastal Conservation League today joined a lawsuit challenging an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempts large wood-fired power plants and other biomass facilities from carbon dioxide limits under the Clean Air Act for the next three years. The lawsuit, filed last month by numerous conservation groups, says that EPA’s unlawful rule will [...]
The Summer of Food (Part 6) – Wren’s Nest Farm
Come meet Stephen Marchetti at Wren’s Nest Farm in this sixth and final installment of our “Summer of Food” series. Thank you for reading about our Beaufort/Jasper Community Food Project. We will continue to work with these and many other farmers to build a successful more localized food economy. For more information on how you [...]
Volunteers Needed to build Oyster Castles
The Nature Conservancy and the SC Department of Natural Resources staff will join forces to construct “oyster castles” at Jeremy Island. These oyster castles will serve as the building blocks for future oysters settling in the area. Volunteers will help load/unload, transport and assemble the concrete blocks that form the oyster castles. Volunteers will travel [...]
The Summer of Food (Part 5) – Three Sisters Farm
Come meet Priscilla Coleman, Mary Connor and Elizabeth Lee at Three Sisters Farm in this fifth installment of our “Summer of Food” series. Beth Lee is the senior member of the sibling farmers — she had a fifteen year head start on her sister Priscilla. The sisters have lived distinct and distant lives, but they are now [...]
