Tag "air quality"

Health Impacts Workshop

March 04, 2010
What happens when you breathe diesel exhaust from ships and cargo trucks? Asthma? Stroke? Heart disease? Cancer? High blood pressure? The answer is: all of the above, with the greatest impact on children and the elderly. Please come to our workshop and learn how to reduce port pollution on March 20th at Royal Missionary…

South Carolina Says “No” to a New Coal Plant

September 08, 2009
Moving beyond coal is in the best interest of the Palmetto State.

Renewable Energy: Power for the Palmetto State

September 08, 2009
In South Carolina, home-grown energy is renewable energy.

Air Quality and Public Health

September 01, 2009
Particle pollution causes serious and chronic illnesses in South Carolina’s citizens.

Toxic Air Problems at South Carolina Schools

September 01, 2009
USA Today's Special Report "The Smokestack Effect" uses a Johns Hopkins study of EPA data to rank schools with the most toxic air in the nation. A number of South Carolina schools tested were ranked some of the highest in the nation. Chicora School of Communications is being tested, and has higher than normal levels of…

Clean Air Everywhere Partnership

September 01, 2009
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are working to actively engage the community on air pollution issues, both indoors and out.

Victory for Clean Air!

July 16, 2009
After ten years of working to provide information so the port can make meaningful and measurable reductions in fine particle pollution, and protect citizens' health, rather than having individuals bear the cost, CCL and the port have settled on an agreement to reduce major air pollution and traffic congestion.