ICN Sunday Morning: Who’s Winning?

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Lisa Sorg as they discuss the collision between corporate interests, government regulators, and the health of North Carolinians. A plastics plant in North Carolina has been dumping massive amounts of a likely carcinogen into the city’s wastewater for years, sending it downstream into rivers that supply drinking water to about 900,000 people. Legal and regulatory brakes have failed: state regulators couldn’t enforce limits, and a conservative-controlled commission blocked tighter rules. Now, environmental groups are suing to force the company and the city to clean up their act. Lisa explains the high-stakes battle over corporate pollution, shaky regulation, and the right to a clean environment – and how the same battle is playing out for residents across North Carolina (including 8 million hogs). Read the story: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29... Explore Lisa’s reporting: https://insideclimatenews.org/profile... Subscribe to the ICN Sunday Morning newsletter: https://insideclimatenews.org/newslet... Support our nonprofit newsroom: https://insideclimatenews.org/donate