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Widespread fraud uncovered in hog industry
Waste Samples Falsified in Attempt to Dump more Pollution Than Law Allows Map of swine facilities in North Carolina,…
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WNCT 9 on Your Side Talks to Lower Neuse Riverkeeper About CAFOS
Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, was interviewed by WNCT about the hog waste produced by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Eastern North Carolina. CAFOs produce large amounts…
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Sound Rivers & Center for Biological Diversity Sue Over 540 Expansion
RALEIGH, N.C – On behalf of Sound Rivers and the Center for Biological Diversity, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a lawsuit in the United States…
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ACP Update: Permit Invalidated by 4th Circuit
On Tuesday, May 15th, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of our friends at the Defenders of Wildlife, Virginia Wilderness Committee, and the Sierra Club, invalidating…
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Meet the Interns!
Katie and Duncan will be interning with Sound Rivers this summer, in our New Bern and Washington offices, respectively. Welcome, we’re…
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Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Representative To Vote No On The Banks Amendment To Repeal The Clean Water Rule
This is a radical amendment that would eliminate the safeguards under the Clean Water Rule for the waters that feed the drinking…
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Smithfield ordered to pay $50 million for hog farm nuisance
Your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Matthew Starr, posted to Facebook on Sunday, “A huge victory against…
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Greenville Kids River Fest This Saturday!
Spring is here! And that means it’s time for Sound Rivers’ annual Kids River Fest in Greenville at River Park North. Come enjoy…
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Earth Day Weekend River Cleanups Successful!
Over Earth Day Weekend, hundreds of volunteers pulled over 2 tons of trash from across both the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River Basins! Bank of America employees worked with Sound Rivers…
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Spotlight: The Upper Neuse
by Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper As the Upper Neuse Riverkeeper or as anyone who has paid attention to the news over the years, it’s easy to get lost in…
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Spring 2018 Issue of Currents Available Now!
Our spring 2018 issue of our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! You may have received your copy in the mail – if…
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Update on Kinston Oil Spill
by Katy Langley, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper On April 2nd an oil spill was reported in Kinston along the Neuse River; a similar incident had occurred on March…
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Kinston Kids River Fest This Weekend!
Sound Rivers Annual Hosts Free Family Fun Day in Kinston Contact: Katy Langley, 252-637-7972 or lowerneuserk@soundrivers.org Heather Deck, 252-946-7211 or
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