A national environmental organization will participate in a flyover Thursday to document and expose ecological and public health harms from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Onslow County.
PINE KNOLL SHORES, N.C. Carnival to Combat Climate Change on April 29 will combine conservation, science, and fun at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Youth leaders at the Aquarium are hoping the second-ever carnival will once again provide a space for all ages to discuss environmental issues. This theme for the carnival this […]
A grassroots organization that works to protect the waters of eastern North Carolina says there were two separate fish kills in a small coastal community this month.
Conservation groups, scientists, doctors and public-health experts filed a legal brief today supporting constitutional claims raised by Mayan children who oppose approval and operation of a massive industrial hog farm on ecologically sensitive and culturally important lands in the Yucatán Peninsula.
The friend-of-the-court (amicus curiae) brief filed in the Second District Court in the State of Yucatán today describes the substantial body of scientific evidence about the grave and irreversible harms to human health and the environment associated with industrial hog operations. These harms include contamination of water such as naturally occurring freshwater wells known as cenotes; emission of noxious air pollution; the spread of dangerous pathogens; and contributions to climate change.