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Category: North Carolina

Posted inDisaster Recovery

With disaster tours, eastern N.C. locals share stories, propose flooding solutions

by Aminah Ghaffar March 7, 2023March 8, 2023

Residents and activists Robeson County are drawing attention to those still struggling to recover from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.

The Belhaven waterfront. (Photo: User Bernstein613 on Wikipedia)
Posted inDisaster Recovery

Mitigation, preparation, education: Q&A with coastal N.C. official about flooding

by Lavikina Grimes January 2, 2023December 23, 2022

Southerly spoke with Belhaven town manager Lynn Davis about the challenges of evacuations, transportation, and shelters for residents.

Posted inDisaster Recovery

‘Another layer to the inequality that exists’: Q&A with N.C. disaster response organizers

by Aminah Ghaffar December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Four Robeson County, NC residents have created a Disaster Survival and Resiliency School to engage community residents impacted by climate disasters as leaders and equal partners in revisioning and redeveloping their communities and lives.

Posted inPublic Health

How we worked with an environmental justice group to create brochures on pollution in eastern N.C.

by Lyndsey Gilpin and Cameron Oglesby August 10, 2022September 8, 2022

Community leaders in Sampson County say the cumulative impacts of industry aren’t discussed enough. So we made a printed pamphlet about it.

Posted inInfrastructure

N.C. releases general biogas permit despite environmental justice concerns

by Cameron Oglesby July 12, 2022September 8, 2022

The permit allows farms to bypass individual water quality review and public hearing processes when installing an anaerobic digester.

Posted inAgriculture

This rural N.C. farm helps formerly incarcerated women build back their lives, careers

by Victoria Bouloubasis May 16, 2022May 17, 2022

At Benevolence Farm, residents live on site and help produce and sell food. Advocates say it’s a way to address major gaps in the rural justice system.

Posted inNorth Carolina

Voter guides: Southern state primaries

by Tajah McQueen May 6, 2022June 15, 2022

A look at voting and candidate information for May primaries.

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