Moyock neighbors worry there s no end in sight to smelly sewage situation
Amber DeVries and her family live in the Eagle Creek community. They haven’t been able to flush a toilet or shower for almost two days. Author: Allison Bazzle Updated: 11:52 PM EST February 1, 2021
MOYOCK, N.C. Some families living in a Moyock neighborhood tell us they feel powerless after dealing with sewage problems for months now.
We learned changes could be on the way for the company in charge.
Amber DeVries and her family have lived in the Eagle Creek community for a few years. For almost two days, they haven’t been able to flush a toilet or turn the shower on, in fear of what might come next.
DAKOTA ACCESS
Opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline, which carries oil from North Dakota to a shipping point in Illinois, want Biden‘s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to shut it down.
A federal appeals court ruled last week that the project must undergo a more thorough environmental review, known as an environmental impact statement, but it declined to shut the line down while the review is completed.
Texas-based pipeline owner Energy Transfer maintains the line is safe. But pipeline opponents say the ruling means it is operating with an invalid permit.
The Army Corps faces a Feb. 10 hearing where it must tell a federal judge how it expects to proceed without a permit granting easement for the 1,172-mile (1,886 kilometer) pipeline to cross beneath Lake Oahe, along the Missouri River. The Standing Rock Sioux, who draw water from the river, have said they fear the line will someday fail and pollute the water and land.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) After President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL s presidential permit and shut down construction of the long-disputed pipeline that was to ca
The Rundown
House Democrats propose
$1.5 billion to help low-income households with water and sewer bills. A congressional task force outlines its
PFAS priorities for the Biden administration. The president’s executive order on climate change establishes an interagency council on
environmental justice. U.S. Geological Survey researchers look at the relationship between rainfall and streams in a
New Mexico watershed before and after a fire. And lastly, the Senate
confirmation hearing for Michael Regan, the nominee to head the EPA will be on February 3.
“You know, we can put millions of Americans to work modernizing our water systems, transportation, our energy infrastructure to withstand the impacts of extreme climate. We’ve already reached a point where we’re going to have to live with what it is now. That’s going to require a lot of work all by itself, without it getting any worse.” President Joe Biden speaking at the White House before signing executive
FILE - In an Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, workers make sure that each section of the Enbridge replacement Line 3 that is joined passes muster in Superior, Wisc. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii /Star Tribune via AP)
TIME RELEASE AT 9:00 AM CT SUN. JAN. 31 - FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020 file photo, sections of pipe are lined off of Cove Hollow Road in Elliston, Virginia for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)
FILE - In this April 4, 2019 file photo, Phillip Flagg,, pulls supplies up to his tree sit he has been in 50 feet above ground since last December fighting Mountain Valley Pipeline s (MVP) planned route near Poor Mountain in Montgomery County, Va. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)