The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is asking the state’s highest court to review a case dealing with disputed animal waste permit conditions. The case pits DEQ against the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.
A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has upheld lower court rulings against environmental activist groups challenging state hog waste permits. Appellate judges found no error Tuesday in lower courts’ approach to the case.
Rep. Jimmy Dixon, a retired Duplin County hog farmer, pleaded with fellow House members to remember the people who put food on the table. A handful of his Republican colleagues (and several Democrats) said being faithful to the principles of common-law jurisprudence, separation of powers, and property rights outweigh the interests of any single industry,...
