by southeastej | Jan 10, 2018 | EJ Issues
RALEIGH, NC – In late December 2017, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), represented by the Elizabeth Haddix and Mark Dorosin of the Julius L. Chambers for Civil Rights, reached a settlement with...
by southeastej | Dec 20, 2017 | EJ Issues
Dear NC EJ Network Family, We hope this letter finds you well, and enjoying the holiday season! Thank you for your ongoing commitment to the NC Environmental Justice Network. This year was full of seemingly endless battles for justice, and we appreciate you sticking...
by southeastej | Aug 15, 2017 | EJ Issues
From the NC Environmental Justice Network Staff: Regarding “NC poised to test what critics call a ‘snowblower blowing garbage juice’ ” (Aug. 12): We at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) would like to applaud Gov. Roy Cooper on his veto of HB...
by southeastej | Aug 4, 2017 | EJ Issues
Let’s play a game of “Guess Who?” I am telling you to take a couple of pills that will help with headaches. No, I am not a doctor or a scientist. No, these pills have not been studied or researched. No, I can’t prove that it will help with headaches. No, I don’t know...
by southeastej | Jul 21, 2017 | EJ Issues
I saw firsthand in North Carolina how corporate interests are disproportionately placing environmental and public health burdens on low-income communities of color that they would never accept in their own neighborhoods. In North Carolina, large corporate pork...
by southeastej | Jul 12, 2017 | EJ Issues
Over Duplin County…there are at least fifty (hog farms) in a ten-mile radius. Each farm has a minimum of two thousand pigs, most far more. So a lowball estimate would mean one hundred thousand pigs in ten miles. Ten thousand pigs a mile. A 180-pound pig can...
