Sammy Fretwell

Sammy Fretwell TNS/The State Recent chemical spills in York County have drawn attention from state legislators who are pushing a bill to allow increased oversight of polluting industries by local zoning authorities. kAmpE 2 962C:?8 %9FCD52J k2 9C67lQ9EEAD... See more

It’s not unusual before the spring planting season to see tanker trucks lurching across eastern South Carolina, on their way to deposit a slurry of industrial and municipal waste on farmland. The sludge these tankers carry, which often comes from North Ca... See more

STUDYING SLUDGE SC lawmaker wants to limit use of materials as fertilizer A state representative who is worried that contaminated sewer sludge is being spread on farm fields says he'll seek limits on the practice of using the goopy material as fertilizer,... See more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after the federal government saved the Congaree swamp from industrial scale logging, the 27,000 acre nature preserve faces a rash of other threats that have the attention of scientists and conservationists. The swamp, protecte... See more

Environmentalists sue feds to protect 'prehistoric' crabs that frequent South Carolina coast Stephanie Baum scientific editor Andrew Zinin lead editor Environmentalists are suing the federal government over what they say is a failure to protect the horses... See more