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PUBLIC HEARING: Highway 41 Improvements

The S.C. Department of Health & Environmental Control is holding a Public Hearing on June 5th to accept comments from residents on the Compromise Alternative for Highway 41 that seeks to equitably balance impacts to both nature and community. Please attend the meeting and sign up to speak in support of the Compromise Alternative. SCDHEC […]

PFAS: What it means for you

You may have seen news about PFAS in the past few weeks and wondered what it is or how it can impact you and your family. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, broadly known as PFAS, are a class of manufactured chemical contaminants that have been used globally in consumer products since the 1940s. Recently, the Environmental […]

COMMENTARY: Rights of SC people, natural spaces must come before rights of utilities

By Faith Rivers James Originally published in the Post & Courier   Ten years ago, the oil industry and federal government attempted to open the door to oil drilling in the ocean near our beaches. The Coastal Conservation League, along with many partners, fought that effort, and there is now a bipartisan, community-wide consensus that […]

What’s happening to our beaches?

It’s no secret that many of our beaches have taken a beating over the last handful of months. Increasingly intense and frequent storms have eroded some of the places you and I have the pleasure of enjoying, along with incredibly important seabird habitat like Deveaux Bank. These weather events should not be a surprise to […]

526 Ain’t The Fix: Attend a Transportation Sales Tax Meeting

Charleston County is seeking to tax residents to pay for the outdated, overpriced Mark Clark/I-526 Extension by asking voters to extend a transportation sales tax for 25 years. Nearly half of all the money that would be collected until roughly 2050 would go to pay for one 9-mile-long road that would damage the environment, displace […]

Update: Union Pier Public Workshops

Things are gearing up with the new planning efforts for Union Pier, starting with a series of workshops beginning this month through the spring! The focus of these workshops is to connect community members with the Union Pier team and the community-driven planning process and reintroduce them to the history, characteristics, opportunities, constraints and challenges […]

Environmental groups oppose Seabrook Island project and DHEC decision

On November 13, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, on behalf of the Coastal Conservation League, filed a Request for Contested Case in the Administrative Law Court, asking for a decision allowing a sand scraping project to take place on Seabrook Island to be overturned. The request for the South Carolina Department of Health and […]

Recycling officially recognized in Charleston!

Land, Water & Wildlife Project Manager Brooke Blosser stands with Katie McKain, director of Sustainability for the City of Charleston during the proclamation of November 15 as America Recycles Day.   As we continue to celebrate National Recycling Month, we have good news to share! Last night, the City of Charleston and Charleston County proclaimed […]

Background: I-526 Extension

[Read the latest here] I-526 or the “Mark Clark Expressway” is an interstate in Charleston County that runs from West Ashley to Mount Pleasant. Charleston County is proposing to extend the highway from the current terminus at Savannah Highway onto Johns Island and over to James Island to connect to the James Island Connector.  This […]