New research shows North Carolina factory farm pollution can be seen from space and details its disproportionate impact on ...

In communities living next to factory farms, residents have long voiced their concerns about environmental pollution ... amounts of animal manure — in North Carolina. Across the eastern part ...

North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.

The negative effects on air quality from industrialized animal facilities in North Carolina stick around for a long time, according to a new study that also showed the effects are felt most by ...

A Chubb unit embroiled in a lawsuit with Smithfield Foods Inc. is pushing to depose the company’s chief legal officer, ...

In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point.  For two decades, he had watched as his small farming community in Blooming ...

2025 — A UVA study uses satellite data to show that air pollution from industrial swine farms in Eastern North Carolina disproportionately affects ... Jan. 17, 2025 — Atmospheric scientists ...

In communities living next to factory farms ... pollution sources. Notably, ammonia isn’t one of these regulated pollutants, nor are other agriculture-related pollutants like nitrogen oxide or ...

According to the Times, only one state, Maine, has begun systematically testing its farms for contamination ... Meanwhile, cities such as Burlington, North Carolina, and Calhoun, Georgia, have forced ...