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Friday, February 22, 2013  An environmental group has filed a complaint with a federal agency about pollution at a Santee Cooper plant in Conway.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  A Georgia company has been indicted related to a 2009 ammonia leak that killed a woman in Swansea.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  City of Columbia Water Works has issued a boil water advisory for the residents of Coatesdale Road from Veterans Road to Henry Curtis Road, Henry Curtis Road from Coatesdale Road to Coachmaker Road, and Coachmaker Road from Henry Curtis Road to Veterans Road.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Environmental groups are suing to force a South Carolina agency to issue a new permit for a pools used to store coal ash.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Imagine selling off your possessions in this unstable economy only to travel the world.  But the journey is not for leisure it’s for a purpose. That’s what one South Carolinian is doing.

Thursday, December 16, 2010  Feds sue BP, other companies for oil spill damages, saying their safety lapses led to blast.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010  A South Carolina nonprofit group which works to bring clean water to people around the world is sending ten water purification systems to earthquake victims in Haiti.