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Meet the activist getting sued for complaining about a coal-ash dump
2016-06-17 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Esther Calhoun lives in Uniontown, a small town in Alabama where more than nine out of ten residents are black, and half live below the poverty line. Her family has been there for as long as she knows. Her parents and grandparents worked as sharecroppers on a plantation, and generations of her ancestors were buried in the towns cemetery. Uniontown is also home to the Arrowhead Landfill, a dump that draws tons of coal ash - a byproduct of burning coal - from across the country every day. A 53-year-old...
Judge closes coal-ash lawsuits
2016-04-07 16:11:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Weatherspoon ruling is one of three state lawsuits over coal ash contamination that Wake Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway closed Monday by approving settlements. The other two plants where settlements were approved were the H.F. Lee plant in Goldsboro and the Cape Fear plant in Moncure.
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Quicker coal-ash fix urged
2016-03-11 15:43:14| Waste Management - Topix.net
Ervin Hayes, who farms land along Old Whiteville Road, told state Department of Environmental Quality officials Thursday that coal ash from the former Weatherspoon coal generating plant has over the years damaged and negatively impacted the ability of his property to produce quality crops. Ervin Hayes, who farms land along Old Whiteville Road, told state Department of Environmental Quality officials Thursday that coal ash from the former Weatherspoon coal generating plant has over the years damaged and negatively impacted the ability of his property to produce quality crops.
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Battle over Dominion coal-ash ponds heads to state water board this week
2016-01-11 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: After months of contentious debate, a state regulatory board will decide this week whether to allow Dominion Virginia Power to divert water from coal-ash ponds into a nearby creek after treating that water to remove pollutants. The battle pits environmentalists and local elected officials -- both Democrats and Republicans against a politically powerful utility company that, critics say, has won too much leniency from the state. Advocates fighting Dominions proposal last year exposed the existence...
Duke Energy calls for excavation, reburial at 12 more coal-ash ponds
2015-06-24 13:14:01| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy has proposed excavating 12 more of its 36 coal ash ponds in the Carolinas and burying the waste in a fully lined landfills or structural fill projects. To date, Duke has proposed closure plans for 24 of the 36 ash ponds.