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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alpek Polyester plant south of Columbia along the Congaree River. Environmentalists say the plant is releasing a toxic chemical to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A years-long effort to remove toxic coal tar from the Congaree River in Columbia is complete. The contamination, which had been deposited in the river for decades, first came to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As families and local business owners work to recover from Helene, a big concern is about the possibility of additional flooding due to rising river levels. South Carolina is ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Congaree Riverkeeper, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), has notified two major plastic manufacturers that it intends to sue them in federal court if ...

Two environmental groups are gearing up to sue a Columbia-area industrial plant over allegations the facility’s owners have violated numerous environmental regulations. The Southern Environmental Law ...

COLUMBIA — Cayce Mayor Elise Parton urged residents of the Riverland Park neighborhood to evacuate Sept. 29 as the already-flooded Congaree River was expected to continue rising. The river level ...

Thirteen years after a kayaker reported stepping into a stinging patch of muck in the Congaree River, contractors have cleaned up the toxic mess that covered a stretch of the river bottom below the ...

Alpek Polyester plant south of Columbia along the Congaree River. Environmentalists say the plant is releasing a toxic chemical to the river with little regulation. The plant was formerly known as DAK ...

This temporary coffer dam was used to help with the cleanup of coal tar from the Congaree River. The dam, which dried up part of the river so workers could remove the tar, was taken down and the ...