Jonah Chester

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jonah Chester

Since saying goodbye to winter, Charleston has become a pollen-coated nightmare. Long-term, experts warn it's going to get worse. The Holy City's "freeze-free" season has gotten an average of 32 days longer since 1970 due to a warming climate, according to a new report from the advocacy nonprofit Climate Central. More freeze-free days means a longer pollen season that also arrives earlier.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jonah Chester

Charleston city leaders and the S.C. Office of Resilience have broken ground on a project that aims to provide flooding relief to a Johns Island neighborhood. Upon completion, the Barberry Woods Drainage Improvement Project will provide flooding relief to more than 3,400 residents and nearly 1,700 housing units in the island's Barberry Woods and Cottages neighborhoods, according to the city.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jonah Chester

In a recent 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate wastewater discharge into the nation's waterbodies. Conservation groups argue it's the latest blow the Supreme Court has dealt to the Clean Water Act — one which could open South Carolina's waters to further pollution.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jonah Chester |Toby Cox

Stephanie Robinson spent more than 17 years working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration before she was laid off Feb. 27. She wasn't really surprised. After all, there was a list. “And I knew my name was on the list,” she said. Robinson wasn’t alone. Everyone on that roll knew the axe was about to fall, she said. “We were all just doing our best to keep doing our jobs and take it one day at a time,” she noted.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jonah Chester

Winter is rapidly vanishing for South Carolina, and it went out with a bang. Much of the state was blanketed in snow during the latter half of January — a rare, once-every-few-years event for the Palmetto State. The snow shut down much of the Lowcountry and sent Charlestonians out to sled whatever hill-like incline they could find. "It was a cold January in the Lower 48," said Russell Vose, who leads the Monitoring and Assessment Branch of the National Centers for Environmental Information.