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Archives: Legislative
  • 2021 Pure Farms, Pure Waters priorities presented

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 14, 2021

    Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr presented clean water priorities to North Carolina legislators on Monday. In a Zoom session, Starr submitted a slate of requests that ranged from funding to…


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  • Protecting, preserving, and restoring the floodplain

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 19, 2020

    by Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper We still have a more than a month left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, but, as it winds down, we need…


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  • Sound Rivers’ Board of Directors Asks NC Leaders to Fight for Clean Water

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on February 27, 2020

    Last week the Sound Rivers Board sent a join letter to the Governor, NC DEQ Secretary Michael Regan, and Attorney General Josh Stein: February 21 2020 Dear Governor Cooper, Secretary Regan,…


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  • Proposed changes to Clean Water Act will gut protections

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on December 13, 2018

    This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  released a proposal to dramatically cut back protections to wetlands and waterways that we all…


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  • Fishing for Facts 10-2018

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – October, 2018 Protecting the Clean Water Act Clean Water is a way of life in the South,…


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  • Read Lower Neuse Riverkeeper’s op-ed on industrial agriculture

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 16, 2018

    Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, wrote an op-ed for the New Bern Sun Journal in reponse to Rep. John Bell’s misinformed op-ed supporting industrial agriculture. Katy says, “This…


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  • NC General Assembly Protects Corporate Polluters Over People

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2018

    On Wednesday, June 27th, the NC General Assembly quickly voted to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 711, the Farm Act; voting to protect the interest of corporations…


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  • Fishing for Facts

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 14, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – June 14, 2018 Lawmakers pass NC Budget That Does Little for Water Resources Protection; Delays…


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  • Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Responds to Proposed Gen X Legislation

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on February 8, 2018

    The NC Senate has released proposed legislation they say will…


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  • NC Legislature Overrides HB56 Veto

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 4, 2017

    The General Assembly voted to override Governor Cooper’s Veto of House Bill 56 yesterday, the environmental omnibus passed last month that appropriates only local funding for GenX testing…


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  • Breaking News: Industry backs away from Garbage Juice technology

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 23, 2017

    Breaking News Yesterday, Republic Services, a leading waste management industry, issued a public statement  and pulled its support for waste aerosolization technology. Additionally,…


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  • Fishing for Facts – 6/29/2017

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 29, 2017

    Fishing for Facts – June 29, 2017 Final days push….bad legislation moving fast. The word on the…


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  • Coal Ash May Cost Customers

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 28, 2017

    Citizen action is needed to stop a provision that is likely to increase costs and potentially delay clean-up of Duke…


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  • Fishing For Facts – 6/1/2017

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 1, 2017

    Fishing for Facts – June 1, 2017 Budget woes, plastic bags and crime waves among the trees of Jordan Lake? The North…


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  • Fishing for Facts – 5/11/2017

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 11, 2017

    Fishing For Facts- May 11, 2017 NC Senate Budget seeks further cuts to environmental agencies; House overrides Governor’s veto It’s…


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