Tag Archives: health

Coal plants are a step in the wrong direction?

Guest Blog by Luke Wilson, Jasmine Woods, and Jaqueline Stogner The recent drought and influx of people in SC has caused the state-owned utility company, Santee Cooper, to propose the construction of two 660-megawatt coal-fired power plants in Florence County in order to keep up with SC’s growing electricity demand. Coal burning plants emit carbon […]

Ocean’s acidification and why it’s important

One of the biggest sinks of atmospheric CO2 is the oceans.  If these levels increase in the atmosphere, the dissolved CO2 levels in the oceans also increase significantly.  When dissolved CO2 levels increases, acid levels in the oceans increase as well.  What does this mean to us?  Here’s what Oceana has to say: ocean acidification, […]

How clean is your drinking water?

Recent surveys (link, link) are reporting that low levels of pharmaceutical chemicals (antibiotics, hormones, anti-depressants, etc.), active ingredients in personal care products (hand-wash soap, etc.), fire retardant chemicals (coatings on clothes, mattresses, sofas, carpets, etc.) are present in drinking water even after they have been treated. We don’t know yet as to what would happen […]