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Tag: Hurricane Floyd

Shows a small scale natural gas manufacturing facility. The footprint is only about the size of two large houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Proposed Senate Farm Act promotes biogas, but environmentalists object to opaque process

by Greg Barnes May 31, 2019May 30, 2019

By Greg Barnes and Emily Davis Environmentalists say the latest version of the North Carolina Senate’s proposed Farm Act of 2019 would further erode transparency in the hog industry and could forever cement in place the use of lagoons and spray fields to eliminate hog waste. Hog production provisions in the act, which appear to […]

Older white man wearing shorts and a baseball cap holds a beer and looks at a building in ruins.
Posted inMental Health

Mental Health Concerns as Florence Ruins Farms, Crops, Harvests

by Taylor Knopf November 13, 2018September 6, 2022
a pretty white church with a red door sits in the background, in front of the building is a large pile of wooden debris
Posted inRural Health

With Homes Destroyed by Florence, this Tiny ENC County Struggles to Find a Foothold

by Thomas Goldsmith November 2, 2018September 6, 2022
We see a house that has floodwaters up to the threshold of the front door. the photo is taken from on a boat, we can see the bow of the boat and a man in bib waders with his back to the camera. Took place during Hurricane Florence. standing on the bow holding a rope.
Posted inMental Health

Governor Proposes Mental Health, Housing Funds in Florence Relief Budget

by Taylor Knopf October 12, 2018September 16, 2022
Photo shows decayed brick walls and fallen headstones.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Displaced by Florence, Floating Caskets Again Trouble Goldsboro Cemetery

by Thomas Goldsmith September 21, 2018October 6, 2022
Flooding after Hurricane Matthew inundated dozens of poultry farms in Eastern North Carolina. Photo shows and aerial view of inundated chicken houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health

From the Air, Environmentalists Record Flooded Farms

by Catherine Clabby November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

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