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8:45 am on Friday August 31, 2012
Reckless: Battle lines sinking in latest round of I-526
Image by SCDOT A proposed alternative to the I-526 reworking as of January 2010.After a vote for $138 million in additional funding for a now $558 million extension of I-526 across Johns and James islands, idealogical battle lines are settling in....
4:33 am on Friday August 5, 2011
Downtown distribution center to connect local farmers with local chefs
Image by Flickr user awsheffieldBack in 2010, the Coastal Conservation League purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse space in downtown Charleston to facilitate the sales of local farm-fresh produce to local chefs.
The produce distribution center's...
3:57 am on Saturday August 7, 2010
Deal stuck between port, environmental groups to move Charleston port forward (updated)
Image by Flickr user SoulRider.222
Update August 7: The Post and Courier has followed and has a nice rounded-out report; read it here.
If you were to judge by the two comments (which is a horrible cross-section of society, I know) on that story (...
9:19 am on Saturday July 31, 2010
The pains of riding (and learning) the CARTA bus system
Jessie and Beau (no last names to be found) recently went on a "CARTA Adventure" to see just how efficient and pleasant it can be to take the bus from the Citadel Mall in West Ashley to downtown Charleston.
Doing the trip for the Coastal...
4:01 am on Thursday July 29, 2010
Alternatives proposed to solve I-526's traffic problems (update: detailed map)
Image by Flickr user K2D2vaca
Update July 29: S.C. DOT is distributing a brochure about the I-526 plan, most interestingly it contains a narrated map of the features at various points on the $489 million project.
What struck me at first glance were...
7:57 am on Sunday May 30, 2010
The man behind the S.C. Coastal Conservation League
The S.C. Coastal Conservation League is involved in a number of prominent local issues from port pollution to protecting the Angel Oak, and that group was founded and headed by Dana Beach.
Well, if you'd like to learn a bit more about him, The State...
4:19 am on Tuesday May 25, 2010
Downtown distribution center to connect local farmers with local chefs
Image by Flickr user Matt HammThe Coastal Conservation League recently purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse space in downtown Charleston that is going to facilitate the sales of local farm-fresh produce to local chefs.
The produce distribution...
10:41 am on Wednesday January 27, 2010
Coastal Conservation League study: Charleston port-related pollution health costs could total $81 million
Image by Flickr user Jen SFO-BCN
Though the State Ports Authority has been doing much to contend with land-based pollution from its machinery they're largely unable to regulate the nasty diesel fuel burned by cargo containers -- and the study by the...
9:26 am on Tuesday August 25, 2009
Drilling off coast of South Carolina ready to take a big step forward
Image by Flickr user silverxraven Image by 20090825-wave.jpgPerhaps as proof that environmentalist can never really relax, the day after word came that a contested coal plant was all but dead, word comes that offshore drilling in South Carolina is...
11:17 am on Monday July 20, 2009
Meeting on climate change, energy independece, and national security open to public
The Coastal Conservation League invites you to a town hall meeting presented by the Pew Project on National Security, Energy, and Climate Change on Thursday, July 23.
The Project is convening local and national security, defense, military, and...
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