North Carolina has more than 3,000 hog lagoons. Opponents say the lagoons foul up the air and water supply. In protest, they started a 51-hour vigil Tuesday to raise awareness about what they say is ...

Cleaning up hog lagoons will improve the water we drink and swim in, and help clean up the air we breathe. The trick is getting rid of the lagoons. No one has figured out what to do with millions of ...

After an agreement was reached Wednesday between Denali Wastewater Solutions and the Department of Natural Resources over disposal of meatpacking sludge, advocates in Missouri say their fight ...

Bill Butler of NewFields, pictured in May 2023, points to a pair of huge storage sheds that were being emptied of pallets, boxes and other refuse left behind by the former operators of the AltEn ...

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MINOT — Our nation is closing in on $37 trillion in debt, which represents almost 123% of our gross domestic product. That's a problem we have to fix, and spending cuts have to be part of the equation ...

Because of the storm, at least 77 lagoons in the state have either released pig waste into the environment or are at imminent risk of doing so, according to data issued Tuesday by the North Carolina ...

CHAPIN, S.C. — It's no news that the Town of Chapin is growing, but you can't have growth without accommodating infrastructure. In this case, it's wastewater management. "As the years went on and ...