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President Biden has promised to address the environmental impacts of systemic racism. On Wednesday, he signed an executive order on environmental justice.
Devon Hall has lived most of his nearly seven decades in Duplin County, N.C. The land is flat and green there in the southeastern part of the state, about an hour s drive from the coast. It s lovely unless you live downwind of one of the county s many industrial hog farms. It can get really bad, says Hall, the co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Duplin County.
There are about 2 million hogs in the county, outnumbering residents by 29 to 1, and they produce a lot of waste. Because farmers spray the pig waste on fields as fertilizer, microscopic pieces of feces pollute the air and water. For decades, residents have complained that just breathing can make your eyes water and your throat itch and can cause nausea and dizziness.
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President Biden has promised to address the environmental impacts of systemic racism. On Wednesday, he signed an executive order on environmental justice. Carolyn Kaster/AP
Devon Hall has lived most of his nearly seven decades in Duplin County, N.C. The land is flat and green there in the southeastern part of the state, about an hour s drive from the coast. It s lovely unless you live downwind of one of the county s many industrial hog farms. It can get really bad, says Hall, the co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Duplin County.
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President-elect Joe Biden leaves at The Queen Theater after announcing his climate and energy team nominees and appointees in Wilmington Del., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Devon Hall has lived most of his nearly seven decades in Duplin County, N.C. The land is flat and green there in the southeastern part of the state, about an hour’s drive from the coast. It’s lovely unless you live downwind of one of the county’s many industrial hog farms.
“It can get really bad,” says Hall, the co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Duplin County.