Source: BLADEN JOURNAL, 9/27/21


The legislation, known as Senate Bill 605, was signed into law by Gov. Cooper on July 2 despite pushback from environmentalists who say the legislation would further exacerbate water and air pollution in rural communities of color by fast-tracking the permitting process for potentially harmful biogas projects in the state. Under the law, the state Department of Environmental Quality would create one general permit that would grant a faster process for hog farmers and corporations to capture and sell methane gas from hog waste lagoons.

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