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North Carolina to withdraw Duke Energy settlement over coal ash spill
2014-03-21 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: North Carolina regulators say they have asked a judge to withdraw a proposed settlement that would have allowed Duke Energy to resolve environmental violations by paying a $99,000 fine with no requirement that the $50bn company clean up its pollution. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said in a statement on Friday that it would scuttle the proposed consent order to settle violations for groundwater contamination leeching from coal ash dumps near Charlotte and Asheville....
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North Carolina Says Utility Pumped Millions of Gallons of Ash Waste in River
2014-03-21 03:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Duke Energy, the electric utility whose massive spill of toxic coal ash into a river six weeks ago is part of a federal investigation, illegally pumped as much as 61 million gallons of coal-ash wastewater into a second river from September to last week, North Carolina regulators charged on Thursday. Both the accidental spill and the deliberate releases occurred not far upstream from municipal drinking-water intakes. The utilitys officials have said that the pumping was part of preparations for...
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Virginia Has 11 Coal Ash Ponds Along Rivers
2014-03-19 23:06:08| Waste Management - Topix.net
North Carolina is not the only state with unlined coal ash ponds. Virginia has 11 of them right next to several bodies of water.
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Federal grand jury meets in criminal investigation of massive Duke Energy coal ash spill
2014-03-19 18:22:34| Energy - Topix.net
A federal grand jury was set to convene Tuesday as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with toxic sludge.
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North Carolina coal ash investigation widens as grand jury convenes
2014-03-18 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A federal grand jury planned to convene on Tuesday as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan river with toxic sludge. The session at the federal courthouse in Raleigh comes as environmental groups amp up pressure on regulators and lawmakers to force Duke to clean up the leaky, unlined ash pits polluting North Carolinas waterways. Prosecutors have issued at least 23 grand jury subpoenas to Duke executives and...
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