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Hog Operations Can Follow N.C. Laws and Still Be Liable for Nuisance
- By: Will Hendrick
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Following North Carolina’s minimal laws governing the disposal of hog waste generated from the state’s factory meat operations does not insulate a...
North Carolina Riverkeepers Respond to Swine Waste Management General Permit
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality released the state’s Swine Waste Management General Permit today, which governs disposal of the...
North Carolina Waterkeepers Mobilize Communities Against Hog Waste
- By: Will Hendrick
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
How can a state manage 9.5 billion gallons of hog waste each year? That’s the question North Carolina has been grappling with for more than 20 years....
With Groundbreaking Title VI Settlement Signed, North Carolina Environmental Justice Organizations Vow to Continue Their Fight
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
North Carolina environmental justice groups announced today that they reached a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Department of Environmental...
Environmental Groups Reach Settlement with State Regarding Response to Citizen Complaints
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Yesterday, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), represented by Elizabeth Haddix and...
Waterkeeper Alliance | 2016 Annual Report
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Thanks to your generous support, Waterkeeper Alliance had a remarkable fiscal year. As of June 30, 2016, Waterkeeper Alliance had 292 Member and Affiliate...
Waterkeeper Alliance and North Carolina Riverkeepers Launch “The True Cost of Industrial Meat Production” Environmental Justice Video Campaign
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Series captures environmental injustices perpetrated by the pork industry against North Carolina’s most vulnerable populations NEW YORK, NY — Waterkeeper...
Statement on Proposed Farm Bill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Waterkeeper Alliance Statement on Proposed Farm Bill Confidentiality of Records Legislation Updated July 29, 2014 Raleigh, N.C.—A provision contained...
Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds Judge Nickerson’s Decision to Reject Perdue Request For Legal Fees
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Statement by Marc Yaggi, executive director for Waterkeeper Alliance, on today’s order by U.S. District Court Judge William M. Nickerson to Deny Perdue...