David Boraks is an independent writer/producer. He focuses on climate change, housing and homelessness, energy and the environment, transportation, and business, reflecting a commitment to social issues and community impact. David's work has been featured in WHQR Public Radio, WUNC (91.5 FM), Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR), WFAE, WBUR, WAMU 88.5, WHRO Public Media, Public Radio East, NPR, and Yellowstone Public Radio.
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David Boraks focuses on local energy and environmental issues in North Carolina and the U.S. His articles often feature government announcements, legal policy regulations, and data citations related to climate change, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and the energy industry.
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By: David Boraks
North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated animal feeding operations," or CAFOs. They produce tons of waste, alter the landscape, and present new environmental challenges. Environmental reporter David Boraks has more, in the first of four stories in WHQR's series "CAFO Country."
By: David Boraks
In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. But apart from experiments with converting swine waste to biogas, little has changed. Meanwhile, the more lightly regulated poultry industry has exploded, prompting new concerns about poultry waste. David Boraks has more in the second instalment of our series "CAFO Country.
This week, WHQR is exploring the growth and impact of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in our series "CAFO Country." As we reported, eastern North Carolina is a national leader for hog and poultry operations, which bring billions of dollars to the state. Today, reporter David Boraks tours the front lines where neighbors worry about air and water quality. And he hears from industry officials who argue that North Carolina has some of the strictest rules in the country.
Marlowe and Bob Ivey, on one of her hog farms near Goldsboro, NC.
By: David Boraks
North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated animal feeding operations," or CAFOs. They produce tons of waste, alter the landscape, and present new environmental challenges. WHQR's series CAFO Country took a closer look at the issue.
By: Benjamin Schachtman, David Boraks
On today's show, WHQR's series CAFO Country, featuring environmental journalist David Boraks, takes a deep dive into North Carolina's hog and poultry industry — it's a major economic driver for the state, but also the source of serious environmental concerns. Plus, we sat down with Inside Climate News' Lisa Sorg to catch up on her latest reporting on CAFOs.
Buried asbestos is once again an issue in Davidson as the North Carolina Department of Transportation begins work on a new road connection on the town's west side.
By: David Boraks
In a stunning decision, a supermajority of the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s board voted Wednesday night to rescind its support for the public-private partnership to build toll lanes on Interstate 77.
By: David Boraks
Last Friday, Duke Energy Carolinas reached a new settlement with businesses, clean energy groups and trade associations in its ongoing rate case. Duke had originally requested permission to raise its rate of returns from 10.1% to 10.95%.
