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Dec

(Courtney, Musa, Cyrus, Gogo, Eric, and Elias in Zimbabwe, 2006) Two years ago I spent seven weeks traveling throughout Zimbabwe with an educational based non-profit organization, the Elias Fund. During my time in this incredible country, I was exposed to many simple habits that to us, might seem extreme or...

Dec

Charleston Schools Ranked Most Polluted

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Andrew Wunderley

Education, Issues

A recent report by USA Today claims that many of Charleston’s schools are ranked in the highest percentiles (which is a bad thing in this case) with respect to exposure to harmful pollutants. “USA Today used an EPA model to track the path of industrial pollution and mapped the locations...

Dec

Russian-Based Oil Company Opening Plant on the Cooper River

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Andrew Wunderley

Waterkeeper Alliance

Delfin, one of Russia’s largest enterprises, specializing in the branding, mixing and packing of motor oil, transmission oils and automobile fluids, plans to expand their operations to the United States…North Charleston to be specific. This Monday (12/08/08), the president of the company toured a 42-acre property on the banks of...

Dec

Holiday Party Tonight

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Andrew Wunderley

Events

Charleston Waterkeeper has partnered with our friends at Green Drinks Charleston for their 2nd Annual Holiday Party. The event will be held at Yo Burrito in downtown Charleston from 7pm until 11pm. The evening will feature live bluegrass music, a huge raffle featuring prizes from local businesses, beer tasting and...

Nov

Open-House-Sailing-Extravaganza Postponed

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Andrew Wunderley

Events

The Open-House-Sailing-Extravaganza scheduled in partnership with Ocean Sailing Academy has been postponed. Today’s event will be rescheduled due to a bit of a curve ball thrown by Mother Nature. Projected rains and thunderstorms are scheduled to fill our skies and seas throughout the afternoon. We will make sure to keep...

Nov

Charleston Water System Temporarily Suspending Water Fluoridation

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Andrew Wunderley

Issues

This week, Charleston Water System announced that they will be temporarily suspending their process of adding trace amounts of fluoride to our tap water. According to a recent press release, the fluoride tank at the Hanahan Water Treatment Plant will be out of service until the summer of 2009. “Charleston...

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