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Prosecutors: Duke Energy ignored warnings before ash spill

2015-05-15 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

News and Observer: A federal judge ordered Duke Energy to pay a record $102 million criminal penalty Thursday for a humbling litany of ignored warnings that preceded last years coal ash spill into the Dan River. The penalty is the largest criminal fine in North Carolinas federal courts, Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard said in accepting a plea agreement between Duke and prosecutors. It is our hope this prosecution speaks loudly, said U.S. Attorney Thomas Walker of Raleigh, whose office convened the...

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Duke top executive says she's working to clean up coal ash pits; protesters interrupt meeting

2015-05-07 21:15:10| Energy - Topix.net

Duke Energy's chief executive officer says she's taken steps over the last year to address pollution problems at the company's coal ash pits. Lynn Good told shareholders Thursday that Duke has learned a lot from last year's coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river in toxic sludge.

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Landfills Could Provide Safe Harbor to Utilities in Wake of EPAs Coal Ash Rule

2015-05-05 09:46:00| Waste Age

With new EPA rules in effect, landfills could have big roles to play in the future disposal of coal ash. read more

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Experts Debate Lifespan of Duke Energys Coal Ash Liners

2015-05-05 03:02:00| Waste Age

<a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/">Charlotte Observer</a> The public anxiety over entombing coal ash in Lee and Chatham counties comes down to this: a sheet of plastic thats no thicker than two credit cards stuck together. read more

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