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“The Smell of Money” draws a crowd
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell talks about Sound Rivers’ environmental justice work during a panel with North…
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“The Smell of Money” film screening
What is “The Smell of Money?” It’s a phrase pork industry insiders use to refer to the stench of…
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Black History Month: celebrating the IBP slaughterhouse win
Frederick Murphy, filmmaker and founder of History Before Us, directs the film crew Saturday at…
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Black History Month: Riverkeeper joins environmental justice panel discussion at doc screening
Watch the trailer to “The Smell of Money” below! In celebration of Black History Month, Sound Rivers is sharing weekly opportunities throughout February to learn more about the fight for…
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Update: Ongoing pollution of Nahunta Swamp
Evidence of ongoing pollution means Riverkeepers continue to pursue their investigation of a Wayne County hog operation. Despite assurances by…
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Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper speaks up at EPA public hearing
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency held virtual public hearings regarding the “Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards…
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High levels of nutrients, bacteria found in water at CAFO spill site
Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop takes a water sample at the Wayne County site where a…
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RIVERKEEPER WIN: DEQ fines polluting hog operation
This week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a $34,520 penalty against White Oak Farms,…
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‘The Smell of Money’ screening
Join Waterkeeper Alliance for the screening of “The Smell of Money,” a documentary about the true impacts to our waters and to the communities being impacted by concentrated animal…
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Riverkeepers reveal investigation behind Legacy Biogas spill
Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell and Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop sat down this week with Wendy Card, editor-in-chief of New Bern Now, to talk about the White Oak Farms/Legacy Biogas…
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RIVERKEEPER SPOTLIGHT: Under investigation
Over the past several weeks, Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell have teamed up to investigate a major spill…
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Big crowd turns out for environmental justice film
A film about industrial hog facilities’ impact on eastern North Carolinians’ health and wellbeing drew a large crowd last Saturday. Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill…
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2022-23 Budget draft nixes swine buyout program
When the North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper released his budget in May, Sound Rivers was excited to see the inclusion of $18 million in funding for the voluntary swine…
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RIVERKEEPER: Biogas permit a disappointment
In the 2021 Farm Act, the North Carolina legislature directed North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to develop general permits for anaerobic digesters installed at swine, wet poultry and…
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