Tag: South Carolina
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‘Sunny day flooding’ worsens at NC beaches — a sign sea rise is decades too soon
Living in cities threatened by sea-level rise could be like living near an active volcano, according to NOAA oceanographer William Sweet. Some parts of the Earth are seeing sea levels rise far beyond average, and it’s just a waiting game before some areas are inundated with sea water, studies show. The East Coast of the…
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Blue Water Bridge a potential crossing for U.S.-bound liquid nuclear waste
Blue Water Bridge, Point Edward. (Observer file photo) Opposition groups are sounding the alarm as truckloads of liquid nuclear waste have started arriving in the United States, transported from Ontario’s Chalk River Nuclear Lab. Between 100 and 150 loads of the highly radioactive material in puncture and thermal-tested casks are expected to move – potentially…
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Controversial groundwater withdrawal sparks question of who owns South Carolina water
Who gets the water decides the region’s future, its development and livability. That’s why “water wars” are erupting in South Carolina, and that’s why the withdrawals by high-tech companies like Google are so controversial. Forty million gallons of surface water per day now are pumped to customers by the Berkeley Water and Sanitation utility. Google,…