by Acacia | Feb 18, 2019 | CAFOs
Until March 4, North Carolinians have a chance to tell the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to update the state’s animal feeding operation permits so that they will protect our health, rivers, and drinking water and address cumulative and racially...
by Acacia | Feb 5, 2019 | CAFOs, EJ Indicators, EJ Issues
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has been required to develop an environmental justice (EJ) mapping tool. They are currently accepting public input on the tool. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out how you can help! When one heavily polluting...
by ncejsummit | Sep 5, 2014 | CAFOs, EJ Issues
The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH), and Waterkeeper Alliance, with the support of Earthjustice, submitted “a complaint against the North Carolina Department of Environment and...
by southeastej | Aug 19, 2013 | Biosolids Application (Sludge), CAFOs, EJ Issues, Fracking, Human Health & EJ, Landfills, People of Color, Poverty & EJ
While in New York City on August 6-9, 2013 to attend and present at the Rural Sociological Society’s (RSS) annual meeting addressing the issues and the plight of Black, Native, Latino, and Women farmers and food security, Gary Grant, Executive Director of NCEJN,...
