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NC House Votes to Override Governor’s Veto of Factory Farm Bill

HeadlineMay 11, 2017

In other environmental news, the North Carolina House has voted 74 to 40 to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that would have shielded factory farms from damages brought by residents sickened by hog farms. The bill now goes to the North Carolina Senate. Residents have long complained about pork producers who collect billions of gallons of untreated pig feces and urine in cesspools, then dispose of the waste by spraying it into the air.

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