Conservation groups identify Sumter PFAS polluters in letter threatening to sue Riverkeeper and SELC say 3 Sumter industries are releasing PFAS “forever chemicals” into the Sumter-Pocotaligo River, and that they may sue the city.

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DNR’s new ‘bad boy’ boats are designed for sportfishing. Here’s why the agency says it needs them. SCDNR spent $1.8 million on 8 Contender sport fishing boats, including one that can top 65 mph. The agency says it uses them for searches and rescues.

Four engines are better than three, right?

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What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

Story here. Was a weird one!

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Aiken’s famed horse country is a magnet for gas plant speculators Aiken is famous for its polo and horse culture, but a power company may want a site there for a new gas plant amid the global frenzy for data centers.

New—a window into the machinations that happen before a gas plant/data center becomes public.

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Aiken’s famed horse country is a magnet for gas plant speculators Aiken is famous for its polo and horse culture, but a power company may want a site there for a new gas plant amid the global frenzy for data centers.

New—a window into the machinations that happen before a gas plant/data center becomes public.

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Uzor Kalu bought some of the properties during the period when he allegedly embezzled public funds and later while under indictment. One company he used to buy property, SLOK LLC, has a very similar name to a family company named as a co-conspirator in the Nigerian indictment: SLOK Nigeria Ltd.

Charges sought for Nigerian who bought Carolina properties BY TONY BARTELME and JOHN DELL’OSSO tbartelme@postandcourier.com For The Post and Courier Citing The Post and Courier’s findings, a Nigerian watchdog group recently filed court docu- ments demanding that the coun- tr y’s anti-corruption agency prosecute severa l prominent politicians there, including one who poured millions of dollars into real estate in the Carolinas. The group, Support the Youth Organization, said in a blistering court petition that corruption schemes looted the equivalent of more than $700 million from the oil-rich state of Abia in southern Nigeria. Money meant for teach- ers, farmers and highways instead moved into the bank accounts of government officials, the petition said.

🇳🇬 🇺🇸 A group in #Nigeria is pressing for an investigation into assets held by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. A court filing cites an investigation @tbartelme.bsky.social and I published last year exposing Uzor Kalu's properties in the Carolinas.

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A powerful Nigerian bought properties in the Carolinas. A watchdog group wants this investigated. Nigerian leader Orji Uzor-Kalu invested millions in U.S. real estate, including in South Carolina, but a watchdog wants prosecutors to investigate.

Our story last year about international investors with sketchy pasts has some impact in Nigeria.
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Monochrome photograph featuring a group of women in saris each individually hugging a tree in a forest.

Chipko movement ("to hug" in Hindi) non-violent women-led, forest conservation movement, 1970s, of India (Uttarakhand). Participants hugged trees to prevent loggers from cutting them down, successfully preventing massive deforestation. Where "tree huggers' originated #WomensHistoryMonth

The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

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What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

Story here. Was a weird one!

www.postandcourier.com/news/special...

Post and Courier wins President's Cup for Excellence, 91 awards from SC Press Association The Post and Courier wins 91 awards from S.C. Press Association, including Journalist of the Year, Judson Chapman Award and President's Cup for Excellence.

Thank you A-Mark Foundation and SC Press Assoc. for recognizing our “Power and Polo” corp transparency project last year as SC’s top investigative journalism prize. with @glennsmith.bsky.social a d @johndellosso.bsky.social

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Kiawah controversy: Marketing tool or subsidy? Sandwiched between the resort islands of Kiawah and Seabrook, a teardrop-shaped spit of sand and marsh marks the entrance to Capt. Sam's Inlet.

We broke this story in 2008 when a Congressman tried to push through a bill to make this sand spit eligible for federal flood insurance. The story revealed how developers hoped to build 50 houses there. A backlash killed the bill and led to this long battle.
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Capt. Sams Spit saga could come to an end. Full conservation outcome set under new agreement. Kiawah Island and a private developer have settled a yearslong dispute over a planned development on a tiny strip of land off the island’s southern tip.

This is a huge win for everyone.

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Opinion | Crypto Is Pointless. Not Even the White House Can Fix That.

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Report Describes Crypto’s $350 Billion Shadow War Report says Russia, North Korea and Iran have turned digital currencies into powerful tools for sanctions evasion, hacking and global money laundering.

Report says Russia, North Korea and Iran have turned digital currencies into powerful tools for sanctions evasion, hacking and global money laundering.

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As other states push back on rising power bills, West Virginia lawmakers double down on coal While West Virginians struggle to pay their power bills, lawmakers are rejecting or tabling proposals to help.

Saw a story in the Mountain State Spotlight today about WV doubling down on coal and paying a price for that. It harkened back to one I reported in 2018. Here's the new story: mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/03/03/r...

You can avoid the fee by only going to the airport Tuesday between 11 and 1 pm. I did today, and there were 30 people waiting to ask the counter people to punch in their information. Just not a way to create loyalty.

I've flown Breeze 25 times in and out of Charleston over the past few years, and I've had very good experiences. But Breeze's "Tech Development Charge" has gotten out of hand. The airline wanted $62 for a flight to Providence.
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As I have watched measles cases in my home state of SC skyrocket to almost 1,000, I wondered why I hardly ever heard anything about the severity of complications. Here’s what I found.

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How We Tracked a ‘Fake Prince’ Scammer to his Nigerian Mansion YouTube video by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

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Go Chikezie!

Our new documentary, “How We Tracked a ‘Fake Prince’ Scammer to His Nigerian Mansion,” hit more than half a million views.

We spoke to the journalist behind the story, who started investigating after a Romanian businesswoman believed she’d invested £200 million in a fake humanitarian foundation.

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