Check out a lower Richland resident and National Sierra Club employee -as she advocates for SC rural residents -Virginia Sanders. A South Carolina climate and environmental justice group is urging state leaders not to forget poor, disadvantaged communities when they decide how to spend an influx of federal dollars in coming months. The Rev. Leo…
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Oconee Plant
March 12 th , 2022 11 th anniversary of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Duke Energy has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for approval to keep the OconeeNuclear Station operating until 2053. What has Duke Energy done to ensure continued public safety at anuclear facility that might be operated for 80 years? The integrity of…
First Day Foraging
First Day School had a unique opportunity on October 2, when Matt Kipp a local forager led young Friends and some guests on a plant forage at the meetinghouse. Matt said of foraging, ” It offers me an abiding connection to my surroundings and a feeling of being at home in nature. “https://www.fullbellyforagers.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwcV9orp–d935a90a10b6d26f283bc704a6997a883367e505?skip_click_tracking=true#“ Many thanks to…
AUMF: Another Way
The South Carolina Advocacy Team requests the following actions. Senator Tim Scott’s birthday is September 19th. That is on a Sunday, so please call his office on Friday 9/17. Tell the staff that you are a constituent and sending birthday best wishes, and ask that he request that SJ Res 10 come to a vote. The number…
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How to Log in Zoom
Here are Instructions For Friends NEW to Zoom Meeting APP. Instructions For Persons New to the Zoom Meeting App Before you attempt to click on link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 you should >> Into your computer download and fully install the Zoom meeting app from https://us02web.zoom.us/download . The steps to do this you will find are relatively simple and fast, and will be…
New Bombs Headed to old bomb plant?
By Suzanne Rhodes, special to Statehouse Report | An arm of the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) is proposing to build plutonium pits for bombs at its Aiken Savannah RiverSite (SRS). The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), whose mission is in part, “toreduce the global danger from weapons of mass destruction” claims an urgent need forboth…