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Environmental commission adopts permanent wetlands protections
Millions of acres of North Carolina wetlands are now protected under permanent wetlands rules adopted by North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission. Despite last-minute pressure from industry representatives, and an…
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NC governor protects local government options to address climate change
Veto of H 220 Also Supports Government Transparency From Sierra Club RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed H 220, “Choice of Energy Service,” which would prevent local governments…
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NC Gov to sign budget that’s “mostly good” for environment
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said this week that he will sign the $25.9 billion 2021-22 budget into law. “I will sign this budget because, on balance, the good outweighs…
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NC Senator: biogas provision “Lipstick on a pig”
Yesterday, Senate Bill 605 – North Carolina Farm Act of 2021 passed the N.C. Senate. We don’t see this as good news because the Farm Act includes a bad biogas…
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Sound Rivers joins Earth Day press conference introducing new legislation
Rep. Julie von Haefen (HD 36) joined Rep. Graig Meyer (HD 50) to introduce environmental legislation on…
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2021 Pure Farms, Pure Waters priorities presented
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The NC Senate has released proposed legislation they say will…
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NC Legislature Overrides HB56 Veto
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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