With the full extent of the damage done by Hurricane Florence still being assessed, environmentalists and health officials are expressing concern over the pink shaded ponds on hog farms that have ...

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 ...

Tropical Storm Debby brought intense rainfall and flooding threats to North Carolina this week, highlighting the vulnerability of hog lagoons and wastewater treatment plants. By Austyn Gaffney As ...

In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An open-pit lagoon is filled with waste from a hog farm in Duplin County, North Carolina. Credit: Courtesy of The Smell of Money ...

A North Carolina farm with a troubled history is once again being accused of polluting nearby waterways. The most recent round of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality inspections in ...