by Rania Masri | Jan 11, 2023 | CAFOs
Last May, numerous EJ organizations submitted a letter to the EPA regarding the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard e-RINs for wood biomass, landfill gas, and factory farm gas. The letter is available...
by Acacia | Oct 3, 2019 | CAFOs
The NC Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) recently denied a motion by the NC NAACP and NC Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) to intervene in the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation’s contested case regarding the 2019 Swine General Permit. October 2nd, the day after...
by Acacia | Jun 21, 2019 | CAFOs
NC Environmental Justice Network, Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH), Waterkeepers Alliance, and Winyah Rivers Alliance have filed a constitutional challenge to state laws limiting nuisance suits against industrial hog operations, contending...
by Acacia | May 30, 2019 | CAFOs
NC Environmental Justice Network Responds to Senate Budget Provision on Animal Waste Permits · The Senate budget provision extending the existing Swine General Permit is a blatant attempt by industry to block even limited measures to protect people and the...
by Acacia | May 8, 2019 | CAFOs
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) and Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH) filed an amicus brief that provided important racial justice context and legal argument in the pork industry’s appeal of the jury verdict in the first...
by Acacia | Apr 12, 2019 | CAFOs, People of Color
North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality released the state’s Swine Waste Management General Permit today, which governs disposal of the nearly 9.5 billion gallons of hog waste generated each year at the state’s industrial swine operations. NC...
