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EPA Expresses “Deep Concern” over Discriminatory Impacts of Industrial Hog Operations in NC
By Travis Graves, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper In a January
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Questions Remain on Duke Energy Coal Ash Pits
By Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper In 2016, Sound Rivers secured an important legal victory to ensure that the coal…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ed Rhine
By Heather Deck, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper When you hear the term “labor of love” many images may come to mind. For…
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Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water: Environmental Enforcement in North Carolina is the first comprehensive…
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Climate Change and Impacts to our Rivers
by Travis Graves, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Climate science reports to the public are generally big-picture stories centered on the rising temperatures of our oceans, and how increases in…
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Petition filed to protect Blounts Creek
On December 28th, attorneys from the Southern Environmental Law Center filed an appeal of a lower
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State would allow Duke Energy to dump large amounts of arsenic into Neuse River daily
Public Hearing Comments from your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper- December 15, 2016 NC Dept of Environmental Quality Public Hearing – Duke Energy Wastewater permit for coal ash pits Good evening, my name…
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Help your Riverkeepers Take Action Today
Legislative Power Grab and Anti-Environmental Bill Troubling! Your efforts over the past years to protect our rivers have been remarkable. After the election, I had a glimmer of…
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Duke Energy plans to leave toxic coal ash on banks of Neuse River
Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Matthew Starr, investigating illegal toxic seeps from Duke Energy coal ash pits…
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Blounts Creek Administrative Court Ruling Issued
Administrative Court Judge Phil Berger issued a ruling on November 30th upholding the permit which would allow Martin Marietta Mining to discharge…
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Collaboratory’s War on Science?
Collaboratory: NC’s new (cleverly funded) War on Science? Attacks on our state’s clean water protections took an interesting twist this summer. The General Assembly passed an annual budget with a…
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