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North Carolina Regulators Missed Crack in Duke Coal Ash Dam

2014-03-28 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Photos taken earlier this month show North Carolina regulators apparently failed to notice a large crack opening in an earthen dam holding back millions of tons of Duke Energy's coal ash near the Cape Fear River. State Department of Environment and Natural Resources spokesman Jamie Kritzer says inspectors visited Duke's Cape Fear Plant on March 11 and 18, but did not see the crack. Aerial photos taken March 10 by the environmental group WaterKeeper Alliance show the crack clearly marked by metal...

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