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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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  • Safe Water: Drinking Water and Your Health

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 4, 2017

    by Heather Deck Emerging threats to our drinking water supply may make people…


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  • Duke Energy Violates the Law by Hiding Critical Dam Safety Information

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on September 20, 2017

    Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: September 20, 2017 Contact: Matthew Starr, 919-961-2240 or upperneuserk@soundrivers.org Kathleen Sullivan, 919-945-7106 or ksullivan@selcnc.org   Duke Energy Violates the Law by Hiding…


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  • Trent River CAFO Spill on August 31st

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on September 8, 2017

    On Thursday August 31, 2017, a spill into a waterway adjacent to Laniers’ Farms TBC, Inc. in Trenton, NC was reported to the N.C. Department of Environmental…


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  • Hurricane Irma

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 7, 2017

    Our team at Sound Rivers is ready and prepared to provide you with important information about river levels and potential contamination / spill concerns if Hurricane Irma impacts North…


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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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  • Heather Deck Named New Executive Director

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 23, 2017

    We are pleased to announce that Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper and Deputy Director, Heather Deck, will be taking on the role of Executive Director for…


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  • Wine & Design Cruise A Success!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 21, 2017

    Thank you so much to all who attended our first Sound Rivers Sunset Wine & Design Cruise on the Pamlico on August…


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  • Riverkeepers ask North Carolina to Deny Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 19, 2017

    Credit Wilson Times: At a public hearing on a water quality certification application for the Atlantic Coast…


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  • Harmful algal blooms to be more extreme in the future

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 17, 2017

    A recent peer review…


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  • Salty Pamlico provides home for sea creatures

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 9, 2017

    Local reports of jellyfish flooded in after the…


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  • Volunteers Needed for Parasite Research!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 26, 2017

    Help Dr. Blakeslee at ECU with her team’s research! From Dr. Blakeslee: We are collecting parasites from the small fish and snails that live in our tidal creeks using the collecting…


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  • Atlantic Coast Pipeline Public Hearings on State Water Quality Permit

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 18, 2017

    The North Carolina Division of Water Quality announced this month they will be holding two public hearings regarding the 401 Water Quality…


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  • Landscaping for Water Quality: How to Make a Backyard Rain Garden

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 13, 2017

    Last night Sound Rivers was honored to be a guest at Tryon Palace’s “Palace Pours” event, where we spoke about the Palace’s wonderful wetlands project outside the History Center….


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  • Sound Rivers’ Summer 2017 “Currents” Is Here!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 12, 2017

    Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! Read about safe swimming, the invisible world of estuaries, a recap of our…


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