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Emails Reveal North Carolina Officials Close Ties With Fracking Lobby Groups
2014-05-16 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In North Carolina, Halliburton and other fracking industry interests helped write a fracking chemical disclosure bill. But when that bill ended up requiring disclosure of harmful chemicals to the state environmental agency, the bill was killed and replaced with one that further limited disclosure of the chemicals used in fracking. A cache of emails obtained by Greenpeace has revealed the cozy relationship between the hydraulic fracturing industry and North Carolinas Mining and Energy Commission....
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UnitedHealth Group Acts to Support People in North Carolina and Florida Affected by Tornadoes, Floods
2014-05-03 02:15:29| Beverages - Topix.net
UnitedHealth Group and its benefits and services businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, are taking immediate action to help people in North Carolina and Florida who may be affected by the recent tornadoes and flooding.
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North Carolina Regulators Missed Crack in Duke Coal Ash Dam
2014-03-28 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Photos taken earlier this month show North Carolina regulators apparently failed to notice a large crack opening in an earthen dam holding back millions of tons of Duke Energy's coal ash near the Cape Fear River. State Department of Environment and Natural Resources spokesman Jamie Kritzer says inspectors visited Duke's Cape Fear Plant on March 11 and 18, but did not see the crack. Aerial photos taken March 10 by the environmental group WaterKeeper Alliance show the crack clearly marked by metal...
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Coal Ash Spill Leaves Most North Carolina Voters Craving Stronger Environmental Leadership
2014-03-26 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After polling North Carolina voters for three days, the Sierra Club and Hart Research Associates concluded that residents lack confidence in their state leaders after Duke Energys coal ash spill in February. Nearly three-quarters of voters say the incident makes them want stronger regulations and enforcement from future candidates, and the results show no difference along partisan lines. As Hart began conducting the survey on March 10, the Waterkeeper Alliance flew over the Duke Energy Cape...
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E.P.A. Agrees to Join North Carolina in Reviewing Spill
2014-03-22 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The federal Environmental Protection Agency will join North Carolina regulators in addressing potential violations of the Clean Water Act at Duke Energy power plants, including a massive spill of toxic coal ash last month in the Dan River, state officials said on Friday. The secretary of the states Department of Environment and Natural Resources, John Skvarla, invited the federal agencys participation and coordination in a March 14 letter to the head of its regional office, the state department...
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