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Tag Archives: Public Health
  • Coal Ash contaminating the Neuse? Duke Energy and DEQ say no.

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 4, 2018

    The NC Department of Environmental…


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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Sound Rivers & Center for Biological Diversity Sue Over 540 Expansion

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on May 23, 2018

    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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  • 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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  • Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers Needed!

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on March 9, 2018

    Sound Rivers is looking for volunteers to help with our new water quality monitoring program this summer! Help collect and analyze water samples for harmful levels of…


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  • Breaking News: Industry backs away from Garbage Juice technology

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 23, 2017

    Breaking News Yesterday, Republic Services, a leading waste management industry, issued a public statement  and pulled its support for waste aerosolization technology. Additionally,…


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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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  • Safe Water: A Mom’s Quest for Safe Fun On Our Waterways

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 28, 2017

    By Heather Deck, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper I have always enjoyed swimming in lakes, rivers and streams and have done so since my youth during…


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  • Fishing For Facts – 6/1/2017

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on June 1, 2017

    Fishing for Facts – June 1, 2017 Budget woes, plastic bags and crime waves among the trees of Jordan Lake? The North…


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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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  • Atlantic Coast Pipeline to Cross Sensitive Streams

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on April 10, 2017

    By Heather Deck, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Virginia and North Carolina. If constructed, the ACP will be owned,…


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