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Hurricane Florence Exposes Problems with Wastewater Infrastructure
By Forrest English Aerial image of the City of Grifton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant surrounded by flood waters (Photo:…
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Spotlight- The Lower Neuse River
By Katy Hunt, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Image of an old postcard of the Neuse River near…
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Proposed changes to Clean Water Act will gut protections
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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Devil We Know Film Screening
Join us for a FREE screening of The Devil We Know on Tuesday December 11th at 7:00pm at The…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers This summer Sound Rivers launched, Swim Guide, a new water quality monitoring program where…
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Fishing for Facts 10-2018
Fishing for Facts – October, 2018 Protecting the Clean Water Act Clean Water is a way of life in the South,…
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Hurricane Florence by the Numbers
Snapshot of Environmental & Community Impacts of Hurricane Florence • $17 billion in estimated damages • 750,000 evacuated • 35.93 inches of rain in Elizabethtown-…
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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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Resources for Eastern NC Residents Post-Florence
If you are concerned about environmental contamination, please see the resources below. Information is provided…
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Coal Ash contaminating the Neuse? Duke Energy and DEQ say no.
The NC Department of Environmental…
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Neuse Riverkeepers Highlight Pollution Threats from Hurricane Florence
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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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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Fishing for Facts
Fishing for Facts – June 14, 2018 Lawmakers pass NC Budget That Does Little for Water Resources Protection; Delays…
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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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Sound Rivers & Center for Biological Diversity Sue Over 540 Expansion
RALEIGH, N.C – On behalf of Sound Rivers and the Center for Biological Diversity, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a lawsuit in the United States…
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