‘We Just Want Clean Water’: Residents Sue a North Carolina County Over Landfill Contamination
Key takeaways
- Members of the Lumberton Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Las Amigas Incorporated march along Britt Road on April 18 in St.
- Viv Tolson Wayne rang the large dinner bell on her front porch along Britt Road in St.
- On that April day, Tolson Wayne gathered dozens of her sorority sisters to protest pollutants in the Robeson County Landfill, whose entrance is about a half-mile from Tolson Wayne’s front door.
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Members of the Lumberton Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Las Amigas Incorporated march along Britt Road on April 18 in St. Pauls, N.C., against the Robeson County Landfill expansion. Credit: Morgan Casey Related North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma Share This Article Most Popular Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges This story was published by the Border Belt Independent in collaboration with Inside Climate News.
Viv Tolson Wayne rang the large dinner bell on her front porch along Britt Road in St. Pauls, North Carolina. The crowd on her front lawn hushed their conversations and turned toward the 75-year-old, who wore a red T-shirt and white cowboy hat.
On that April day, Tolson Wayne gathered dozens of her sorority sisters to protest pollutants in the Robeson County Landfill, whose entrance is about a half-mile from Tolson Wayne’s front door.