Settlement sets better process, public reporting, and reduction of Greensboro pollution On behalf of the Haw River Assembly, Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) reached a settlement on December 18, 2021 with the City of Greensboro and North Carolina regulators that…
Yearly Archives: 2021
Small Farmers are supporting our communities, let’s return the favor.
Sustainable farmers are not taking days off during this challenging time, working harder than ever to get food to their communities. They are going above and beyond to supply healthy produce and meats through Community Supported Agriculture, and taking all…
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Join Us for the Online Screening of Invisible Hand – Rights of Nature Documentary
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, FILM AVAILABLE STARTING AT 6:00 P.M. ET (AVAILABLE FOR 24HRS), REGISTER FOR SCREENING HERE JOIN US FOR A POST SCREENING LIVE Q&A STARTS AT 7:45 P.M. ET (JOIN WITH ZOOM INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE)
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Slides from Forum on Industrial Contaminants
Haw River Assembly held a public meeting on August 26 to discuss the industrial contaminants in the Haw, Pittsboro’s drinking water – and solutions – with a panel of leading scientists researching this issue. Powerpoint slides from the presentations by…
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Triennial Review Virtual Public Hearing -written comments due August 3
Our Chance to Speak Out for Stronger PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane Standards for our Waters! This is a process that only happens every three years, and is our opportunity to push the state to set stronger protections for surface waters. 1,4- Dioxane…
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HRA Joins NC DEQ to Defend their Denial of Key Permit for MVP Southgate
NCDEQ has used it’s authority to reissue the denial of the stream crossing permit for the MVP Southgate project. This followed an original denial letter in August of 2020 and a federal court hearing that ruled NCDEQ had the authority…
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Another GREAT Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon!
This year’s 32nd Annual Haw River Clean Up-A-Thon was held Saturday, March 19th with over 20 teams of volunteers who removed trash along the river and creeks from Greensboro to Jordan Lake. This litter and stormwater debris is ugly and…
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Chatham Park/DOT REVISED 404 Permit Application Should be Denied
We believe this revised 404 application to the Division of Water Resources still does not provide adequate information, or justification for the negative impacts it will have on water, the environment and the surrounding community, and should be denied again.…
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