Climate Changed
Hog Waste Fears Raised Again as Dorian Swipes North Carolina
- State is No. 2 for pork with 9 million hogs and their waste
- Thousands of cubic feet of waste released after storm Florence
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Environmental groups are watching dozens of lagoons of swine waste stored directly in Hurricane Dorian’s path in North Carolina with growing trepidation, fearful that a breach will release millions of gallons of manure.
North Carolina is the nation’s second-largest pork-producing state, home to about 9 million pigs, with many farms located in the state’s low-lying eastern coastal plain.