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July 2, 2024

Bramlett Public Comment Period

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June 7, 2023

A Note on Sackett v EPA

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May 25, 2023

Worrying For Our Waters - May 2023 E-News

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April 28, 2023

A Critical Time for Solutions on Septic - April 2023 E-News

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March 24, 2023

Springing Into Action - March 2023 E-News

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February 23, 2023

From Federal Courtrooms to Local Council Chambers - February 2023 E-News

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January 26, 2023

New Year, New Life - January 2023 E-News

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January 9, 2023

A Note on Gadsden Creek

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December 21, 2022

Protecting the Gifts We All Share - December 2022 E-News

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November 22, 2022

Forging Ahead, Always Thankful - November 2022 E-News

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October 27, 2022

Fighting One Tree at a Time - October 2022 E-News

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September 22, 2022

Wild (Side) and Wonderful - September 2022 E-News

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August 25, 2022

Will the Captain Sams Spit saga ever end? - August 2022 E-News

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July 25, 2022

Two Wins for the Mountains and Marshes - July 2022 E-News

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June 21, 2022

Troubled Water: From Gadsden Creek to Toxic PFAS - June 2022 E-News

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May 26, 2022

More Wins, Challenges... and a Widening Tragedy - May 2022 E-News

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April 30, 2022

Spring Build Up | April 2022 E-News

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March 23, 2022

Fighting Back When It's Toxic at the Top | March 2022 E-News

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March 21, 2022

SCELP on Exhibit: Creek By Creek  

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February 10, 2022

Our Vision for South Carolina | February 2022 E-News

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January 17, 2022

Act Today to Protect SC's Parks

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January 12, 2022

Laws Must Be Followed, By Everyone | January E-News

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December 10, 2021

Ending the Year on a High Note! | December E-News

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November 15, 2021

Do Not Let DHEC Side with Polluters 

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November 10, 2021

At a Crossroads | November E-News

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November 9, 2021

DHEC’s Dereliction of Duty on Coal Plant Pollution Must Stop

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October 11, 2021

Bold Action & Major Announcements | October E-News

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September 16, 2021

Supreme Court Affirms People Over Profit | September E-News

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August 20, 2021

More Sprawl Coming Soon? | E-News for August

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August 19, 2021

The Fight to Protect Greenville from Unrestrained Development Continues

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August 16, 2021

Action Needed Now: Tell County Council to Adopt Staff’s Proposed Changes to Article 3.1

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August 16, 2021

County Council Must Protect What Makes Greenville Special

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August 10, 2021

Action Alert: Tell County Council to Adopt Staff's Article 3.1 Replacement

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August 3, 2021

The time is now

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July 22, 2021

Don't Let SC Be The Pits State | E-News for July

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July 19, 2021

Use Your Voice to Protect Greenville's Green Spaces

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July 15, 2021

Speak Out for Fairfield County!

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July 15, 2021

Luck Mine Comment Letter

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July 6, 2021

Shoreline Issues: Past, Present and Future

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June 29, 2021

US pit production: Why we can wait, and why we should wait

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June 28, 2021

WATCH: Major Action Against DOE's Plutonium Pit Plans

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June 15, 2021

What's yours may be mined in Fairfield County

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June 10, 2021

BIG Victory for Our Tidelands | E-news for June 2021

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May 20, 2021

Watch Amy Armstrong fight for Pickens County at the Supreme Court

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May 17, 2021

Action needed NOW to protect rural lands and communities

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May 11, 2021

Setting New Records | E-News for May 2021

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May 3, 2021

Donor Profile: Jess Epley, Murrells Inlet

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April 13, 2021

Donor Profile: Karen Sundberg, Georgetown

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April 10, 2021

We Cannot Continue "Business-as-Usual" | E-News for April 2021

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April 9, 2021

Arcadia Lakes not SLAPPed

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March 17, 2021

Donor Profile: Clyde and Carlin Timmons, Sullivans Island

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March 17, 2021

All Set for a Supreme Court Showdown Over Captain Sams Spit | E-News for March 2021

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February 17, 2021

Nuke groups pressing Biden administration for more pit production environmental review

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February 17, 2021

Groups ask Biden administration to reconsider nuke decision

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February 16, 2021

Cape Romain neighbors push back on sand mine expansion

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February 15, 2021

South Carolina Considers Breaking up Public Health Agency

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February 14, 2021

Editorial: DHEC has tweaked SC water quality standards; let’s strive to exceed them

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February 12, 2021

Atomic weapons plan risky for SC, lawyers say. Noted legal service joins fray

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February 10, 2021

On the Move: Michael Martinez

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February 7, 2021

Saltwater bodies like Shem Creek must meet stricter bacteria standards with new regulation

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January 21, 2021

Judge upholds state permit for DeBordieu groins

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January 20, 2021

Persistence And Resources

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January 15, 2021

DHEC Will Revisit SC Coal Pollution Permits That Expired A Decade Ago

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January 15, 2021

After Years Of Failure, DHEC Moves To Limit Water Pollution At Coal Plants

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January 15, 2021

DHEC Agrees To Update Pollution Permits For Three Coal Plants Affecting Waterways

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December 8, 2020

In Major Move, Horry County Gives Up Local Control Of Multi-Million Dollar Industry

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November 25, 2020

Champion of Upstate SC environmental causes takes lead at Greenville’s Lake Conestee preserve

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November 24, 2020

Horry County Looks To Shed Mining Regulations, Making Them A State Government Affair

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November 24, 2020

Environmental leaders back combined Greenville sewer service; districts maintain objections

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November 20, 2020

Wealthy coastal residents remove illegal seawalls. But dispute rages as seas rise

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November 17, 2020

‘We’ve Got To Have Some Restrictions’: Despite Opposition, Horry County Council Moves Looser Mining Regulations Forward

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November 5, 2020

Developers appeal decision that blocked luxury resort plan for SC barrier island

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November 5, 2020

Developers appeal decision rejecting Bay Point Island resort, may head to court

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November 2, 2020

Even Near Endangered Plants, Developer Makes Progress On 147-Home Travelers Rest Subdivision

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October 29, 2020

As Flooding Increases, Trump Reduces Wetlands Protections, Sparking Concern In SC

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September 24, 2020

Board Denies Controversial Plan To Put Luxury ‘Ecotourism’ Resort On SC Barrier Island

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July 9, 2020

Did DHEC Fail To Protect Rivers, Minority Communities From Coal Plant Pollution?

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October 29, 2019

Toxins On Former Upstate Power Plant Site Concern SC Activists

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October 27, 2019

Opinion: Why it's time for Greenville to address environmental sins from its past

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Petitioners Urge Greenville County To Act Against Sprawl In Rural Northern Areas

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Case Over Future Of Eroding Folly Beach Land Heads To Appeal

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Environmental Groups Team Up To Demand New Septic Tank Revisions

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October 9, 2024

South Carolina Supreme Court rules that WestEdge can destroy Gadsden Creek for commercial development

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October 3, 2024

Court Rules U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Plan Violates Federal Law

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August 20, 2024

Citizen group files challenge to permit for new landfill in heavily polluted area

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July 23, 2024

Community group sues to stop industrial poultry barns from degrading the Little River and Mountville community

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May 10, 2024

Town of Kiawah Island, Kiawah Island Community Association, and Kiawah Conservancy file suit to protect Captain Sams Spit

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March 27, 2024

Conservation League seeks to intervene in Isle of Palms seawall case

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March 6, 2024

Groups take action against Georgetown County for Clean Water Act violations

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January 17, 2024

Members of environmental groups allowed to intervene in Lofton Road Mine lawsuit

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November 20, 2023

Environmental groups oppose Seabrook Island project and DHEC decision

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September 7, 2023

Environmental groups go to court seeking immediate action on septic tanks

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August 7, 2023

Court of Appeals allows case on beachfront land ownership to move forward

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August 3, 2023

Partner groups file coordinated motions to intervene in Pine Island case

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July 28, 2023

Parties agree plat approval of proposed Captain Sams Spit development has expired and appeal to be dismissed

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July 12, 2023

Ten Mile Community goes to court over proposed development on Seafood Road

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July 5, 2023

Coastal Conservation League requests review of Edge Road Mine permitting decision

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April 28, 2023

Environmental groups seek preliminary injunction on septic tank action

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April 18, 2023

SCELP takes action against illegal wetland filling in Georgetown County

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March 3, 2023

Community groups file appeal of RV park septic permit reinstatement

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March 2, 2023

Developer drops its appeal of permit decision on proposed luxury resort

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February 27, 2023

Administrative Law Court hearing on Dominion’s Pamplico Pipeline set to begin today

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February 13, 2023

District Court Denies Department of Energy’s Motion to Dismiss Plutonium Pits Suit

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January 3, 2023

Friends of Gadsden Creek appeal decision on WestEdge development

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December 8, 2022

Decision Issued in Appeal of Permit to Fill Gadsden Creek

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November 10, 2022

Environmental Groups Seek Ruling on Septic Tank Permitting

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October 21, 2022

Settlement Agreement Reached in Port Royal Landmark Tree Appeal

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October 11, 2022

Time to Build Up our Defense: SCELP Launches Capital Campaign to Protect SC’s Wild Side

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August 4, 2022

Appeal Filed in Captain Sams Spit Preliminary Plat Extension

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July 21, 2022

Federal Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Upstate Clean Water Act Lawsuit

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July 21, 2022

Upscale resort on pristine Bay Point Island won’t move forward after developer’s appeal denied

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June 29, 2022

Appeal of Greenville County Planning Commission Decision on River Preserve

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June 6, 2022

Motion to Intervene Filed in Point Farm Appeal

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June 3, 2022

Hearing Set to Begin in the Fight for Gadsden Creek

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May 5, 2022

DHEC Responds to Petition Calling for Safer Drinking Water in Rural Communities

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March 23, 2022

Petition Calls for Safer Drinking Water in Rural and Underserved Communities

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March 17, 2022

Wadmalaw Citizens Seek Reversal of Permit Authorizing Destruction of Public Trust Tidelands

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March 8, 2022

Conservation Group Seeks State and Federal Relief Over Debidue Sandbag Wall 

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January 18, 2022

Gullah/Geechee Group Challenges Bay Point Septic Permit

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January 4, 2022

York County Citizens Urge Rejection of Massive Rock Quarry

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December 9, 2021

Supreme Court Affirms Need for Public Notice in Pickens County Landfill Dispute

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November 8, 2021

Nonprofit Seeks Invalidation of Dorchester County Zoning Regulation Change Allowing Cooks Crossroads Gas Station

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November 3, 2021

Court Reverses Planning Commission’s Approval of High-Density Blue Ridge Subdivision

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October 26, 2021

Groups Fire Back at Feds’ Move to Dismiss Plutonium Pit Lawsuit

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October 12, 2021

Community Pressure Mounts Against Dominion Energy’s Pamplico Pipeline

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October 1, 2021

‍Lawsuit Launched to Protect Gadsden Creek from Destruction

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September 22, 2021

Daufuskie Island Protected from Sand Mine

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September 1, 2021

‍Captain Sams Spit: Supreme Court Denies Developer’s Petition for Rehearing

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August 27, 2021

Greenville County Council Faces Lawsuit Threat Over Rushed Adoption of New Land Use Rule

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August 3, 2021

Georgetown Planning Commission Facing Legal Action Over Lack of New Comp Plan

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June 29, 2021

Lawsuit Filed Against Biden Administration Over Nuclear Bomb Core Production Plans

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June 24, 2021

SCELP, Nuclear Watchdogs Hold Virtual Press Conference

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June 23, 2021

Judge Sends Fews Crossing Subdivision Back to Greenville County Planning Commission

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June 2, 2021

Supreme Court Rules Against Development on Captain Sams Spit for the Third Time

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April 21, 2021

Groups Notify Biden Admin of Impending Lawsuit Over Nuclear Bomb Core Plans

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February 11, 2021

Biden Administration Asked to Review Plutonium Pit Expansion Plans

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January 26, 2021

SC Enacts Stricter, Safer Bacteria Standard For Recreational Saltwaters

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January 18, 2021

Michael Martinez Joins SCELP Upstate Office

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January 15, 2021

SCDHEC Agrees to Update Long-Expired Permits at 3 Coal Plants

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December 15, 2020

Daufuskie Property Owners, Gullah/Geechee Group Oppose Proposed Sand Mine

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November 17, 2020

Gullah/Geechee Group Seeks To Intervene In Bay Point Island Appeal

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October 6, 2020

SC Coastal Municipalities And Small Business Chamber Celebrate Seismic Lawsuit Win

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July 9, 2020

Sierra Club Files Lawsuit Over Expired Permits At Three South Carolina Coal Plants

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Long Savannah Project Would Destroy 209 Acres Of Wetlands In Flood-Prone West Ashley