State regulators have given polluters breaks,
withheld information from the public, pushed development over
the protection of natural resources and angered residents
from Greenville to Charleston. Has the agency that’s supposed to
safeguard the environment and our health lost its way?
Stories by John Monk and Sammy Fretwell with photos by Tim Dominick
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Local / MetroThe Department of Health and Environmental Control says it can be trusted to oversee a $2.2 billion coal-fired electric power plant Santee Cooper wants to build in Florence County.
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The co-pilot of a Learjet that crashed at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in September told air traffic controllers the plane was running “off the end” of the runway moments before it burst into flames.
The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their vessel and its $100 million cargo.
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Steve Spurrier is not getting the results he wants, but the South Carolina coach said Tuesday he remains committed to seeing things through with the Gamecocks.
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