Monday, June 2, 2025
The Coastal Conservation League, South Carolina Environmental Law Project, Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation, Pawleys Island Litchfield Business Association, and community leaders have announced the launch of a new public awareness campaign designed to engage the community in intentional land use planning in Georgetown County.
Thrive Georgetown is a coalition of community planning advocates coming together to lead smart, equitable, and sustainable growth, advancing the new county zoning ordinances and planning for…
Friday, May 30, 2025
Many South Carolina residents receive their electricity from investor-owned utilities like Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, or from government-owned utilities like Santee Cooper. Others are served by a member-owned electric cooperative, also known as a “co-op.” These co-ops were created in the 1930s to bring electricity to rural areas, and today, 19 of them serve homes across the state.
Residential electricity bills typically include two parts: an account (or service) charge, which…
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
As of today, the Chelsea property in Jasper County will be protected. This is a monumental win for conservation, rural land use planning and maintaining the character of Jasper County.
Read more from the Post and Courier
Over the past years, the Conservation League played a critical role in preventing this property from being annexed and intensely developed, partnering with, informing, and rallying community members to advocate against annexation, which would have…
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The I-526 Mark Clark Extension project is officially no more!
The I-526 Mark Clark Extension project is officially no more. The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank Board voted unanimously yesterday to end the three-way funding contract. This is one of the final pieces to affirm the end of this destructive road project. Read more from the Post & Courier.
After many years of community opposition, including voting down a sales tax that would have funded the…
Thursday, May 8, 2025
The US Army Corps of Engineers will hold public meetings to present and discuss the draft purpose and need being prepared as part of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed South Carolina Highway 22 Extension project.
These will be the first set in a series of community meetings as
Thursday, May 8, 2025
This week, the omnibus energy legislation House Bill 3309 was approved by the General Assembly. The bill includes sweeping policy changes that will significantly impact electric utility investment decisions, the environment, and our electricity bills.
In April, the Senate approved numerous amendments that improved upon the version of the bill initially passed by the House in February. While some of those amendments remain, the House unfortunately stripped three key provisions: energy efficiency program savings targets,…
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Beaufort County Planning Commission unanimously recommends denying
After a four-hour meeting last night, the Beaufort County Planning Commission unanimously recommended denying the application to remove Pine Island from the Cultural Protective Overlay, or CPO, to allow for developing a private gated community and golf resort.
The Planning Commission cited the planning staff’s recommendations to deny the…
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
What’s in our waterways?
While the best approach to reducing plastic pollution is to strengthen policies that will better help prevent different types of plastics from entering our waterways and littering the coastline, we can also take steps to remove plastic from our environment and collect data to help us learn what items are most abundant in our area.
One opportunity to get involved in advocacy on the local level is participating…
Monday, May 5, 2025
This week, Conservation groups secured a legal victory for transparency and accountability, ensuring that decisions about large, dense subdivisions relying on septic systems are not made behind closed doors.
The Circuit Court Judge issued an order in favor of the Coastal Conservation League and Charleston Waterkeeper that public notice of individual septic tank applications is necessary. The Judge ruled that public notice is needed for due process so that those impacted have the right to…
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
April 2025 – Post & Courier: A small SC town lost its only grocery store. Now, federal cuts threaten some food that’s left.
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February 2025 – Mushroom Gathering: Sunday Supper
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January 2025 Word From The Warehouse
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January in the Warehouse
In January 2025, photographer Gavin McIntyre stopped by the warehouse to document a day in the life…
