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    The Storm Moved on, But North Carolina’s Hog Waste Didn’t

    The Storm Moved on, But North Carolina’s Hog Waste Didn’t

    By Emilie Karrick Surrusco It’s been nearly four months since Hurricane Florence battered the North Carolina coast, dumping 9 trillion gallons of water on the state in the span of four days. In Duplin County, home to the nation’s largest concentration of industrial hog operations, the storm’s deluge laid bare problems that persist in good […]

    9 States Sue ‘Flat-Out Wrong’ Trump Administration Over Seismic Blasting in Atlantic

    9 States Sue ‘Flat-Out Wrong’ Trump Administration Over Seismic Blasting in Atlantic

    A coalition of attorneys general from nine states added their clout to a South Carolina-based lawsuit against the Trump administration to block seismic airgun blasting off the Atlantic coast. Democratic attorneys general from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York filed a motion on Thursday to intervene in […]

    Our New Favorite Judge May Have Saved Red Wolves From Extinction

    Our New Favorite Judge May Have Saved Red Wolves From Extinction

    Here at EcoWatch, we love red wolves. Seriously, I challenge you to watch this video of “Four Weeks Young” wolves at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina and not fall in love: Red Wolf Adventures “Four Weeks Young” www.youtube.com That’s why we were so sad to report this spring that there […]

    North Carolina Produces 60% of the Country’s Sweet Potatoes. The Crop Is in Trouble

    North Carolina Produces 60% of the Country’s Sweet Potatoes. The Crop Is in Trouble

    By Dan Nosowitz North Carolina dominates the country’s production in sweet potatoes the way few other states dominate few other crops. The state produces about 60 percent of the country’s total sweet potato crop, more than the next three states—California, Mississippi, and Louisiana—combined. Hurricane Florence’s path of destruction has been fairly well tracked for livestock, […]