Community advocates say settlement talks with North Carolina's environmental agency fell apart after state officials invited the hog industry into what were supposed to be confidential mediation proceedings in a federal case charging the state's regulation of the industry disproportionately harms communities of color.
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This map showing the proximity of industrial hog operations to communities of color in North Carolina is from a 2014 paper by UNC researchers Steve Wing and Jill Johnston. Click on it for a larger version.
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<p>This map showing the proximity of industrial hog operations to communities of color in North Carolina is from <a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/sites/default/files/wing_hogs_ej_paper.pdf">a 2014 paper</a> by UNC researchers Steve Wing and Jill Johnston. Click on it for a larger version.</p>