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North Carolina: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy worries nearby residents

North Carolina: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy worries nearby residents

The N.C. Division of Air Quality granted Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy one of the permits they need to move forward in completing a controversial project to create natural gas by using hog waste in Sampson and Duplin County.

Flash drought in the South brings heat without rain
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Flash drought in the South brings heat without rain

Autumn is here, and it’s still hot. Here is what we know about the record-breaking temperatures and low precipitation across much of the American South.
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