North Carolina struck a deal to clean up its hog waste crisis, but 25 years later the lagoons are still there, still spraying feces onto neighboring homes, and the grant money meant to fix it has been frozen by a political clash

1.0The Pulsehttps://www.ecoportal.net/enCarlos Albero Rojashttps://www.ecoportal.net/en/author/ecoportal_en/North Carolina struck a deal to clean up its hog waste crisis, but 25 years later the lagoons are still there, still spraying feces onto neighboring homes, and the grant money meant to fix it has been frozen by a political clashrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uqLz5eANVw"><a href="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/north-carolina-hog-waste-crisis/35598/">North Carolina struck a deal to clean up its hog waste crisis, but 25 years later the lagoons are still there, still spraying feces onto neighboring homes, and the grant money meant to fix it has been frozen by a political clash</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/north-carolina-hog-waste-crisis/35598/embed/#?secret=uqLz5eANVw" width="600" height="338" title="“North Carolina struck a deal to clean up its hog waste crisis, but 25 years later the lagoons are still there, still spraying feces onto neighboring homes, and the grant money meant to fix it has been frozen by a political clash” — The Pulse" data-secret="uqLz5eANVw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/North-Carolina-768x432.jpg600338