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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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Harris Teeter Rep. Meets With Carolina Beach Planning Department
2014-03-17 05:53:24| Grocery - Topix.net
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Smithfield halts hog kill at N. Carolina plant due to pig virus
2014-03-15 02:51:56| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork processor, suspended hog slaughter at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant on Friday because of the spread of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus which has tightened hog supplies, industry sources said.
After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction
2014-03-14 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Power producers' coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past. After six years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May will decide on changes to the Clean Water Act that would direct power companies to remove dangerous impurities, including carcinogens, from coal ash wastewater before releasing it into rivers that supply drinking water. While the new regulations will not prohibit...
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Two Firms to Develop Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant in South Carolina
2014-03-14 13:10:00| Waste Age
A utility and an investment company plan to develop a landfill gas-to-energy plant at Republic Services Inc.s landfill near Cross Anchor, S.C. read more
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