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Tag Archives: policy
  • Sound Rivers joins lawsuit over loss of clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 18, 2020

    Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration today for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for the nation’s waters, including approximately half of all…


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  • EPA Announces rule that attacks clean water protections

    Posted by Heather Deck on January 23, 2020

    Despite opposition from thousands of North Carolina residents, and strong  comments opposing the weakening changes by NC Attorney General…


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  • A Riverkeeper’s Dedication: Protecting the Environment In and Out of the River

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 30, 2019

    By S. Wayne Miles, P.E., Stormwater Program Manager for the City of Raleigh Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper with Sound Rivers,…


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  • Proposed changes to Clean Water Act will gut protections

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on December 13, 2018

    This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  released a proposal to dramatically cut back protections to wetlands and waterways that we all…


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  • Staff Report: Sound Rivers Shines Light on Sewage Spill Epidemic

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 5, 2018

    Over 844 million gallons of untreated sewage was…


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  • Fishing for Facts 10-2018

    Posted by Heather Deck on November 1, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – October, 2018 Protecting the Clean Water Act Clean Water is a way of life in the South,…


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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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  • Fishing for Facts

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 14, 2018

    Fishing for Facts – June 14, 2018 Lawmakers pass NC Budget That Does Little for Water Resources Protection; Delays…


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  • Sound Rivers Continues Legal Battle to Protect Blounts Creek

    Posted by Heather Deck on February 14, 2018

    Sound Rivers and Blounts Creek community members are back to the courts to defend a recent legal win. In late December, a state court vacated a state permit…


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  • River Voices

    Posted by Heather Deck on December 26, 2017

    by Heather Deck As I look ahead to 2018, I am excited about what is to come….


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  • Sound Rivers Partners with NC Conservation Network for Water Advocate Training

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 26, 2017

    Water Advocate Training Saturday November 4th, 20179:00 am Location: Walnut Creek Wetlands…


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  • Fishing for Facts – 6/29/2017

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 29, 2017

    Fishing for Facts – June 29, 2017 Final days push….bad legislation moving fast. The word on the…


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  • Fishing for Facts- 4-27-2017

    Posted by Heather Deck on April 27, 2017

    Fishing For Facts- April 27, 2017 Delays in Falls Lake protections, loss of streamside buffers and ….garbage juice!? The NC…


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  • 2017 Long Session Began in January

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on February 16, 2017

    The NC General Assembly’s 2017 long session has begun. During the long session Sound Rivers’ staff expect the return of a regulatory reform bill…


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  • Atlantic Coast Pipeline to Impact Sensitive Streams and Water Supplies

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on February 16, 2017

    The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Virginia and North Carolina. The ACP is currently proposed to…


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