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Ryan Childress (left), Dominion Energy's director of gas business development, and Kraig Westerbeek, an executive at pork producer Smithfield Foods, stand on a plastic-covered manure pond in North Carolina.

Big Companies Bet On Cleaner Power From Pig Poop Ponds

Nov 22, 2019
Two large companies plan to capture natural gas from manure-filled ponds, turning it into clean, climate-saving energy. But some neighbors just want the ponds gone.
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Aerial shots of a poultry farm near the Neuse River, in North Carolina, before and during flooding.

Manure Happens, Especially When Hog Farms Flood

Nov 04, 2016
When Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina last month, it flooded more than a dozen manure lagoons at hog farms. Environmentalists say it shows that these farms are too risky for the state.
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