CAFOs often store animal waste in massive, open-air lagoons, like this one at Vanguard Farms in Chocowinity, North Carolina. Bacteria...
United States: Widespread water surpluses WI to TX & NY to GA
18 December 2018 THE BIG PICTURE The 12-month forecast ending August 2019 indicates significant blocks of water surplus in three...
EPA’s Own Data Refutes Justification for Clean Water Act Rollback
A swine facility in Eastern North Carolina. Photo: Caitlin Penna for The Intercept While Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew...
Hurricane Florence breaches manure lagoon, coal ash pit in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution...
‘Sunny day flooding’ worsens at NC beaches — a sign sea rise is decades too soon
Living in cities threatened by sea-level rise could be like living near an active volcano, according to NOAA oceanographer William...