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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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Safe Water: Drinking Water and Your Health
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
Credit Wilson Times: At a public hearing on a water quality certification application for the Atlantic Coast…
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Salty Pamlico provides home for sea creatures
Local reports of jellyfish flooded in after the…
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Volunteers Needed for Parasite Research!
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
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
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!
Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! Read about safe swimming, the invisible world of estuaries, a recap of our…
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