Virtual Public Hearing: CAFOs General Permit
2023-10-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Are you impacted by the smells, air, and water quality concerns from concentrated animal feeding operations? Do you feel it is unjust that North Carolina’s environmental regulations surrounding hog, poultry, and dairy production regularly promote industry more than they protect our communities?
The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is holding a series of public hearings across North Carolina, seeking public comments on a new General Permit regulating:

Dangerous pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (also known as CAFOs); and
Hog waste biogas, a dirty source of energy that is converted from untreated waste at CAFOs.

We invite you to attend the public hearing nearest you to share your story and urge state regulators to protect clean air, clean water, and healthy families:
Kenansville
6 PM on October 5, 2023
James Sprunt Community College
133 James Sprunt Drive, Kenansville, NC 28349
Goldsboro
6 PM on October 10, 2023
Wayne Community College
3000 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27534

Statesville
6 PM on October 24, 2023
Statesville Civic Center
300 S. Center St., Statesville, NC 28677
Virtual
6 PM on October 26, 2023
Click here for the Virtual Meeting Link
and Comments Sign-up Form

Nobody should have to live with feces or urine in their air and drinking water. Yet this is an unfortunate reality near industrial-scale hog farms that spray untreated waste into the surrounding environment, posing huge health risks for nearby communities.
To adequately protect public health, NC DEQ must ensure new permitting requirements for CAFOs include:

Transparent recordkeeping & reporting
Safer waste management technology
Monitoring of health & environmental impacts

Earth Day Environmental Justice Webinar
2026-04-22 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for an Earth Day Environmental Justice Webinar
Date & Time
Apr 22, 2026 06:30 PM (EST)
Our Moderator & Panelists:
Moderator: Mozine Lowe, Executive Director, The Center for Energy Education
Panelists:
Attorney Sherri White-Williamson, Co-founder of Environmental Justice Community Action Network (EJCAN)
Attorney Will Hendrick, Environmental Justice Director, NC Conservation Network
Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Founder, 7 Directions of Service
Attorney Gary Redding, Halifax County Commissioner, and Plaintiffs’ Attorney for Tillery Hog Waste lawsuit
Webinar Sponsors:
Lake Gaston Area (NC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
CleanAIRE NC
Enfield-Roanoke Rapids Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Register >> https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CvUKRjFESBmAPivegILIeg#/registration
