"North Carolina Allows Manure Mounds 'As Big As A House' On Factory Farms"
"The state’s uniquely lax regulation permits chicken waste to collect outdoors – but there’s no easy way to complain about it".
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"The state’s uniquely lax regulation permits chicken waste to collect outdoors – but there’s no easy way to complain about it".
The state’s uniquely lax regulation permits chicken waste to collect outdoors – but there’s no easy way to complain about it
Laws catering to 'factory farms' bring fly-infested, smelly manure mounds to rural US
We intend to hold Duke Energy accountable for its actions that damage the environment and impacted peoples.
LUMBERTON — The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Active Energy Renewable Power polluted the Lumber River, a violation of the Clean Water Act, according to the conservation group. The law center is suing on behalf of the Winyah Rivers Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of riverkeepers working to protect local rivers in the state. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, details the concerns of the environmental groups and residents regarding unpermitted discharges of wastewater into the river and its tributa...