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Thursday, April 25, 2013  The South Carolina House is delaying debate on its amended ethics package.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The Georgia Ports Authority has joined a South Carolina state agency in agreeing to a settlement that would end pending lawsuits over the proposed $652 million deepening of the waterway to the Port of Savannah.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Court-ordered mediation in a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel resumes this week.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A nonprofit group based in Charleston is organizing volunteers to clean debris from Long Island beaches hammered by Superstorm Sandy.

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

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  That dispute over a permit for a planned $35 million Charleston cruise terminal is now before South Carolina's Administrative Law Courts.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Opponents of a planned $35 million Charleston cruise terminal are taking their case to South Carolina's Administrative Law Court.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The Southern Environmental Law Center is out with its latest endangered places in the Southeast and there are some familiar names among the top 10.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The two sides in a federal lawsuit over the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel say progress is being made toward reaching a settlement.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  A judge has ruled a federal court challenge to South Carolina's planned $35 million cruise ship terminal should be heard in Charleston, not Washington, D.C.

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.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Another South Carolina agency wants to enter the federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million dredging of the Savannah River shipping channel.

Monday, August 20, 2012  An environmental group says it has settled a lawsuit accusing South Carolina Electric & Gas of illegally discharging arsenic and other contaminants into a river near Columbia.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  A federal judge has appointed former South Carolina U.S. Rep. John Spratt to mediate a lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah Harbor shipping channel.

Monday, August 13, 2012  A special commission overseeing South Carolina's interests on the Savannah River agrees that a federal judge should decide whether the $650 million deepening of the river's shipping channel is subject to South Carolina's environmental laws.