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shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees, GenX
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Climate change, pollution imperil Cape Fear, advocates say

by Coastal Review Online June 8, 2022June 7, 2022

By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online The Cape Fear River is unparalleled in many ways. It’s the only major river in North Carolina that empties directly into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s the state’s largest river basin where 6,500 miles of navigable waterways snake through 26 counties and 113 municipalities. The river is also the most […]

Posted inEnvironmental Health

Unchecked growth of industrial animal farms spurs long fight for environmental justice in Eastern NC

by Melba Newsome October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
we see a man kayaking away from the photographer down the French Broad River toward a wall of trees and wide blue skies
Posted inEnvironmental Health

DNA source testing of E. coli could become a powerful new tool for N.C. riverkeepers

by Greg Barnes July 15, 2021July 13, 2021
Poultry litter lies uncovered at a farm in southeastern North Carolina. Photo credit: Courtesy of Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear riverkeeper
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. riverkeepers cry foul over state’s farm law

by Greg Barnes July 6, 2021April 1, 2022
A lagoon for hog waste. Photo shows a lake of feces next to buildings
Posted inHealth Inequities

Court rejects Smithfield’s arguments, giving low-income neighbors of hog farms hope

by Greg Barnes December 4, 2020December 3, 2020
shows a coal plant with steam puffing from one of the smokestacks, a concern in the fight against climate change, air pollution
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Judge sides with DEQ on Duke Energy coal ash removal

by Greg Barnes August 2, 2019

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