Charleston, S.C.: A rare Southern city preparing for climate change

Treehugger: Charleston, S.C. is a place near and dear to my heart. As a native South Carolinian, I've spent a lot of my life either living in or visiting the city. Both of my children were born there. It's a place that is rich with history and beauty, a dark past and a hopeful future. It's a city that you can smell and almost taste as you get close -- a mix of salt water and pluff mud.

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