Articles tagged as: state legislators

North Carolina’s New Stormwater Rules Could Be Overturned

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 22, 2008 (ENS) – A bill to halt the implementation of new stormwater rules was introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives last week, and a bill is expected to show up in the state Senate shortly. Twelve eastern North Carolina counties hired lobbyist Joe McClees to get the bills [...]

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Industrial Livestock Farms are Hard to Live Next to…

Industrial livestock factories, or megafarms, are places of business where the maximum number of animals are fit into the smallest possible space, huge manure vats are filled daily and costs are cut at every corner. These places are the noisiest and stinkiest neighbors you can imagine. The megafarms are designed to perpetuate profits rather than [...]

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