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Scene from Bowen's Island looking toward Folly Beach, S.C.

BRACK: New “Beach” read offers critical conservation, political insights

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Conservationist Dana Beach years ago described how to keep development from mauling everything into a mess of sprawl.

Don’t, he said, talk or write about merely “protecting land.” Instead, use words to conceptualize protecting “special places” in South Carolina. The first approach is kind of clinical and vanilla. It outlines what one wants, but doesn’t link to what someone else may really care about. But the second method connects conservation with a reader’s innate definition of keeping safe …

by Andy Brack · 01/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

1/14, full issue: King Day events; a great “Beach” read; More

IN THIS ISSUE #11.10 | Jan. 714 2019

FOCUS: King Day events in Charleston to continue Jan. 17
COMMENTARY, Brack: New “Beach” read offers critical conservation, political insights
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
GOOD NEWS: Chamber offers six priority areas for state legislature
FEEDBACK: Send us a good, snippy letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe this one will be easier
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Artist Jonathan Green
CALENDAR: Charleston Jazz Festival starts Jan. 24

by Charleston Currents · 01/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

BRACK: S.C. needs more environmental courage, not cowardice

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | With so much that could be done to protect the South Carolina’s special places and put the state on a stronger, more renewable energy footing, you may sometimes wonder whether we just have too many environmental cowards.

Maybe that’s a bit harsh. But look at some recent stories that show that technology exists to transform how we power our economy from the traditional dirty oil and coal to a blend of renewables plus nuclear power with natural gas as a backup for peak usage.

by Andy Brack · 06/12/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

GOOD NEWS: A big win for our coast

Staff reports | Coastal elected and environmental leaders are tickled pink that the Obama Administration last week reversed itself on the potential for offshore gas and oil development in the Atlantic Ocean.

The plan was opposed by more than two dozen coastal South Carolina communities, including Charleston and Beaufort. Both of the towns’ mayors met with White House officials on March 14, the day before the reversal was announced.

by Charleston Currents · 03/21/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs