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Talk to a resident living downwind of a North Carolina hog factory and you're likely to hear tales of odors that can peel paint. In the Tar Heel state, the swine industry famously generates mountains of waste - some 19 million tons a year - and critics have long charged that the industry pollutes the air and water illegally. This week the country's biggest hog processor and producer, Smithfield Foods, is expected to be the target of a blitz of lawsuits filed by environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a posse of class-action lawyers who are mounting an assault...
...Kennedy's lead suit claims Smithfield and its subsidiaries illegally dumped millions of pounds of untreated hog waste and other contaminants, causing "gross contamination to the waters and tributaries of the Cape Fear, Neuse, and New Rivers." Another suit charges Brown's of Carolina, a Smithfield subsidiary, with violating the Clean Water Act. And a third, to be filed in U.S. District Court, claims Smithfield's serial pollution violates the federal RICO statute (designed to be used against organized crime). In a statement to TIME, Smithfield calls the suits "totally baseless...
...Certainly accidents happen, and things get ugly: In June 1995, 22 million gallons of hog waste spilled into tributaries leading to the New River, killing thousands of fish. And when Hurricane Floyd hit in 1999, waste from pits and lagoons was pumped into fields, which then flooded into the Tar, Neuse and Cape Fear tributaries...
...whole hog: When I first heard about "Survivor," I thought there was going to be this whole "Lord of the Flies" action going on. And I wouldn't be opposed to some actual violence. I understand that Richard was, as I mentioned before, a "snake," but, really, what did he do that was so slimy? Scheme to get people to vote for him? Big deal. Now, if he was scheming to have certain cast members barbecued, then I'm suddenly very, very interested...
...After promising to improve the local economy, bolster reading scores and cut unemployment rates, both candidates are persuaded to consume embarrassingly named local delicacy/wear traditional regional pants/participate in local hog-calling event...