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Tag Archives: Neuse River
  • High levels of arsenic found in Neuse River following H.F. Lee Coal Ash Spill

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 28, 2018

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2018 Contact: Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, upperneuserk@soundrivers.org , ( 919) 961-2240 Maia Raposo, Waterkeeper Alliance, mraposo@waterkeeper.org , (203) 824-2229 Donna Lisenby, Waterkeeper Alliance, dlisenby@waterkeeper.org , (828) 297-3777 Analysis Finds…


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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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  • Neuse River and area creeks remain at major flood stage

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on September 18, 2018

    For the most recent updates, please visit our facebook page. The Neuse River has dropped below flood stage in Clayton and is falling in…


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  • Animal Facility Waste Lagoons and Wastewater Spills; HF Lee Coal Ash Ponds Flooded:  Flood Waters Pose Health Risk

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on September 18, 2018

    Our staff and other media outlets have documented a number of hog waste lagoons and poultry barns flooded along the Trent River near…


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  • Neuse Riverkeepers Highlight Pollution Threats from Hurricane Florence

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 13, 2018

    Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley spoke to Dan Charles from NPR on All Things Considered about the threat of hog waste pits flooding. In the days leading…


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  • Hurricane Florence to Cause Significant Storm Surge, Flooding

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 13, 2018

    Even though the…


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  • Read Lower Neuse Riverkeeper’s op-ed on industrial agriculture

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 16, 2018

    Your Lower Neuse Riverkeeper, Katy Langley, wrote an op-ed for the New Bern Sun Journal in reponse to Rep. John Bell’s misinformed op-ed supporting industrial agriculture. Katy says, “This…


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  • Groups file new legal claims on 540

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 26, 2018

    Press Release: June 25, 2018 Conservation Groups File New Claims against NCDOT, FHWA, NMFS over Deficient Reviews of $2.2 Billion 540 Toll Road


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  • Awardees recognized for work to protect rivers at annual meeting

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 5, 2018

    Efforts to protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Rivers by volunteers, businesses and public officials were recognized on Thursday, May 31 at Sound Rivers annual meeting in New Bern. The…


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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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  • Thank You New Bern West Marine!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    A huge…


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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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  • Meet the Interns!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 17, 2018

    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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  • 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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  • Earth Day Weekend River Cleanups Successful!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 30, 2018

    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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