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While the seas rise, science waits in NC
2014-03-15 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Observer: House Bill 819, "An Act to Study and Modify Certain Coastal Management Policies," became law in August 2012. It gave the Coastal Resources Commission four years to develop the state's official prediction for how fast North Carolina sea levels will rise in future years. No state agency can adopt any "rule, policy or planning guideline that defines a rate of sea-level change for regulatory purposes" until the commission formally determines a sea-level rate of change, the law says. The commission...
Hundreds of thousands in dark in N.C.
2014-03-07 18:50:46| Energy - Topix.net
Officials of both Duke Power and the state's electric cooperatives hope most power can be restored by later Friday as the storm moves out of the state.
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Tests show different arsenic levels in NC spill
2014-02-07 03:29:34| Energy - Topix.net
The nation's largest electricity provider, state regulators and an environmental group issued differing data Thursday about the levels of toxins detected in a North Carolina river following a massive spill of coal ash.
More Than 80,000 Tons Of Coal Ash Flow Into N.C. River
2014-02-06 00:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Over the weekend at an old power plant in Eden, N.C., a stormwater pipe that goes under a coal ash pond broke, sending about 82,000 tons of ash - the equivalent of 30 Olympic-sized swimming pools - into the Dan River. The river stretches more than 200 miles from North Carolina, through Virginia and into the Atlantic Ocean. It's home to all sorts of wildlife, and a popular destination for fishermen and kayakers. On Wednesday, Jennifer Edwards, with the Dan River Basin Association, was checking...
Coal Ash Landfill Proposed in Kentucky as Spill Plays Out in N.C.
2014-02-05 17:51:00| Waste Age
LG&E and KU Energy have proposed to build a new coal ash dump in Trimble County, Ky., according to the Courier-Journal. read more
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