Taxonomy Archives: environmental justice
January 14, 2022
EPA to investigate discriminatory harm from N.C. hog operations after civil rights complaint
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In response to a civil rights complaint filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Duplin County Branch of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and...
January 12, 2022
Administrative Law Judge Donald van der Vaart sides with Smithfield-owned hog operations on water pollution
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Yesterday the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings upheld the state’s decision allowing Smithfield-owned hog operations to use giant pits of untreated hog feces and uri...