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THANK YOU! We met our $1000 #Giving Tuesday Match!
Thank you so much! Your support helped us meet our $1000 match for #Giving Tuesday on November 28th! Your online…
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Oyster Roast 2017 the Most Successful Ever!
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support your Riverkeepers at our 32nd Oyster Roast on Saturday, November 11th! The event was a smashing success with…
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Sound Rivers takes legal action against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Groups Take Legal Action Against FERC on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Press Release, 11/13/17 Sound Rivers joined a coalition of affected landowners and conservation groups this week and filed a request for rehearing,…
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Job Opportunity: Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper
We’re hiring for the position of Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, which has a long tradition of clean water advocacy, protecting and preserving the health and viability of the Tar-Pamlico River. This…
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Action Alert: Comment on Animal Waste Management by 11/22
Industrial animal facilities produce an enormous amount of animal waste that pollutes and contaminates our waterways in North Carolina. NCDEQ…
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Sound Rivers Partners with NC Conservation Network for Water Advocate Training
Water Advocate Training Saturday November 4th, 20179:00 am Location: Walnut Creek Wetlands…
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Blounts Creek Legal Fight Continued October 13
The fight to save Blounts Creek from a mining wastewater discharge continued on October with the fourth court hearing…
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Kids River Fest Enjoyed By All!
Kids River Fest 2017 – rescheduled from the spring due to flooding – took place this past weekend on October 14th. This free, family fun day entertained hundreds with…
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Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Reports on Neuse Fish Kill
by Katy Langley, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Beginning on the morning of Friday, October 6th, thousands of dead menhaden washed up along…
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After Groups’ Legal Action, Duke Energy Releases Critical Dam Safety Information
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: October 9, 2017 Contact: Kathleen Sullivan, 919-945-7106 or ksullivan@selcnc.org After Groups’ Legal Action, Duke Energy Releases Critical Dam Safety Information for…
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Xylem Helps Sound Rivers with Invasive Species
On Friday, October 5th, 13 volunteers from the Xylem company spent the morning with Sound Rivers executive director Heather Deck…
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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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