Environmental Working Group Archives

Overhead view of CAFO. Source: Environmental Working Group.

First Inventory of Hurricane Matthew’s Impact on NC Factory Farms

November 4, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Alex Formuzis, Environmental Working Group Hurricane Matthew’s rampage through North Carolina’s coastal plain flooded more than 140 feces-strewn swine and poultry barns, more than a dozen open pits brimming with hog waste and thousands […]

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UFO Sightings by US State: August 2020

September 7, 2020

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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The Strange-Ness: Trained African Rats Sniff Out Problems

August 14, 2015

Did you know there is an organization that cares for and trains oversized, African giant-pouched rats to do mine and disease detection? APOPO (www.apopo.org/en) is a non-profit that trains the large rats to detect landmines. […]

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The Zebulon Cougar

August 1, 2015

Originally published in The Grey Area newspaper (printed) August 1, 2011. ___________________________________________________________ By Frank and Kay Whatley In the July 1, 2011, issue of The Grey Area, we reported cougar sightings within Eastern North Carolina over […]