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Tag Archives: hog lagoons
  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper: Legislators must seal the deal on flood prevention, mitigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    This week in 2018, a category 1…


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  • Nuisance Trials Shine Light on Pollution and Technology

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Katy Langley: “Nuisance Trials Against Smithfield Foods Shine Light on Pollution & Technology” Flooded hog waste pit and…


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  • Hurricane Florence- After the Flood

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 17, 2018

    Hurricane Florence- After the Flood On September 13th, 2018 storm surge from Hurricane Florence began to affect the Eastern North Carolina region – pushing the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers above…


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  • Your waterways post-Florence

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on September 27, 2018

    Since Hurricane Florence left our region, your Riverkeepers have been working daily to document environmental threats caused by the storm. We are still assessing issues posed by…


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  • NC General Assembly Protects Corporate Polluters Over People

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2018

    On Wednesday, June 27th, the NC General Assembly quickly voted to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 711, the Farm Act; voting to protect the interest of corporations…


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  • Widespread fraud uncovered in hog industry

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 5, 2018

    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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    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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  • Smithfield ordered to pay $50 million for hog farm nuisance

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 1, 2018

    Your Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Matthew Starr, posted to Facebook on Sunday, “A huge victory against…


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  • Court orders evaluation of Murphy Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 5, 2017

    Court Orders Evaluation of Murphy-Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater Conservation Groups Seek Cleanup of Murphy Brown’s Pollution in 3 Eastern NC River Basins


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

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 12, 2017

    Our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out in the mail this week! Read about fishing smart and eating smart, our partnership…


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  • Why I Give, A Conversation with Dr. Alan Craig

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 11, 2017

    By Corinne Everett Belch, Director of Development I recently had a conversation with Sound Rivers supporter Dr. Alan Craig. Alan generously…


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  • Historic Flooding Leaving Large Human Health and Environmental Impact

    Posted by Heather Deck on October 21, 2016


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  • Animal Industry Misleads Public

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 29, 2016

    Science versus Hype The industrial swine and poultry industries are once again misleading the North Carolina public about the…


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  • Animal Map Improves Transparency – Public Right to Know

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 8, 2016

    New Animal Waste Map Improves Transparency In a big win for transparency, NC Riverkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance and the Environmental Working Group


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