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Clean Air and Water Advocates Launch Pipeline Monitoring Effort
Group Will Watch Atlantic Coast Pipeline Construction for Environmental Protection Violations Contact: Doug Jackson, Sierra Club, 202.495.3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Forrest English, Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, 252.946.7211, pamtarrk@soundrivers.org Christine Ellis, Executive Director, Winyah Rivers,…
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Water Spotlight: The Lower Tar-Pamlico River
By Forrest English The Albemarle-Pamlico estuary is the second largest estuarine complex in the lower 48 states. It also holds another interesting distinction as…
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Summer 2018 Edition of “Currents” Out Now!
The Summer 2018 edition of Sound Rivers’ quarterly newsletter, Currents, is headed out to members now! Want to read it early? You can…
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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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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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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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Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Representative To Vote No On The Banks Amendment To Repeal The Clean Water Rule
This is a radical amendment that would eliminate the safeguards under the Clean Water Rule for the waters that feed the drinking…
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Greenville Kids River Fest This Saturday!
Spring is here! And that means it’s time for Sound Rivers’ annual Kids River Fest in Greenville at River Park North. Come enjoy…
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Spring 2018 Issue of Currents Available Now!
Our spring 2018 issue of our quarterly newsletter, Currents, is out now! You may have received your copy in the mail – if…
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Update on Kinston Oil Spill
by Katy Langley, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper On April 2nd an oil spill was reported in Kinston along the Neuse River; a similar incident had occurred on March…
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New Bern & Washington Aveda Salons Benefit Sound Rivers!
Need a little pampering, or considering a new hairstyle? Visit an Aveda Salon in New Bern or Washington this month to…
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Lawsuit aims to protect NC endangered species
“These valuable species are under constant threat and deserve the protection provided under the Endangered Species Act. There are currently two mega pollution projects…
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