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Toxic Leak Taints North Carolina Coal Plants, And Regulators
2014-02-20 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A broken pipe funneled 30,000 tons of toxic coal ash into the Dan River in North Carolina earlier this month, turning it gray. The pipe has been plugged, but the spill has reignited a fight over storage of coal ash, and scrutiny of the state regulators responsible for monitoring it. The U.S. Justice Department began a criminal investigation into North Carolina's coal ash ponds and the state's environmental officials last week. The inquiry widened Wednesday, The Associated Press reports, as federal...
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North Carolina riverbed coated by toxic coal ash, officials say
2014-02-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Federal officials said Tuesday that toxic coal ash has coated the bottom of a North Carolina river as many as 70 miles downstream of a Duke Energy dump where a massive spill occurred two weeks ago. The US Fish and Wildlife Service advised that a massive pile of coal ash about 75ft long and as much as 5ft deep has been detected on the bottom of the Dan river near the site of the February 2 spill. Deposits varying from 5in deep to less than 1in coated the river bottom across the state line into...
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North Carolina Coal Ash Spill Sets Off Criminal Investigation
2014-02-14 04:44:16| Energy - Topix.net
Earlier this month, as much as 39,000 tons of potentially toxic coal ash spewed from a Duke Energy power plant into the Dan River in North Carolina.
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North Carolina coal ash spill under federal criminal investigation
2014-02-13 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a massive coal ash spill into a North Carolina river, demanding that Duke Energy and state regulators hand over reams of documents related to the accident that left a waterway polluted with tons of toxic sludge. The US attorneys office in Raleigh issued grand jury subpoenas seeking records from Duke and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The subpoenas seek emails, memos and reports related...
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North Carolina: Residents Told Not to Eat Fish Near Spill Site
2014-02-13 03:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The state Department of Health and Human Services is warning people not to eat fish from near the site of last weeks huge coal ash spill on the Dan River and to avoid the river near the spill. The department said it is collecting fish downstream of the spill in Eden and will evaluate the data. The spill at a 27-acre Duke Energy coal ash pond, spewed up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan.
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