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Take Action: Demand clean technology by hog industry
Industry giants, Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods, want to ignore longtime promises to adopt clean technology to protect communities from the harmful impacts of industrial…
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Nuisance Trials Shine Light on Pollution and Technology
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
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
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
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
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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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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Court orders evaluation of Murphy Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater
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!
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!
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
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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Action Alert: Tell Your NC House Rep “Vote NO on H467”
Make your voice heard! Please contact your NC state legislator TODAY and urge them to vote AGAINST H467, which would…
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Animal Industry Misleads Public
Science versus Hype The industrial swine and poultry industries are once again misleading the North Carolina public about the…
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