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Mar

This past weekend, Charleston Waterkeeper and Starbucks Coffee joined forces to cleanup Folly Beach. Nearly 150 volunteers showed up to pick up trash along the “Edge of America.” Participants showed up in full force despite the threat of rain, tornadoes and hail. Thankfully the “bad” weather held off until later...

Mar

Charleston Waterkeeper Receives “Best Of Charleston” Recognition

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Andrew Wunderley

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Every year, the Charleston City Paper publishes their “Best of Charleston” edition, a concise compilation of the Lowcountry’s “best” businesses, organizations, events, individuals and ideas. In the weeks leading up to the final tallying, readers are encouraged to submit votes for their opinionated “best [fill in the blank here],” in...

Mar

Robotic Fish to Detect Pollution

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Andrew Wunderley

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British Scientists have designed a 1.5 meter long, robotic fish that can detect sources of pollution. The fish, which resembles a carp, will be fitted with detectors which can identify potentially hazerdous discharges at sea. Worth a mere $29,000, these valuable robots are set to be released in the Bay...

Mar

Spill on the ICW (UPDATE)

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Andrew Wunderley

Issues, Port/Shipping Activity

Charleston Waterkeeper has received numerous tips regarding an oil (or gasoline) spill on the Intra-coastal Waterway by IOP. We are currently keeping a finger on the pulse of this incident and will try to update this post as often as we can. Coast Guard and IOP Fire is apparently responding...

Mar

Waterkeeper Gets an “Obamicon” Facelift

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Andrew Wunderley

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Mar

Folly Beach Cleanup This Weekend

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Andrew Wunderley

Events

Charleston Waterkeeper and Starbucks Coffee join forces on March 28, 2009 to “sweep” Folly Beach. As part of the “I’m In!” campaign, we are encouraging the Charleston community to commit a few hours of service to a worthy cause…our beaches. Participants of all ages are welcome to spend the morning...

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