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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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Survey: Duke Energy has too much pull in state, blocks strong regulation
2014-03-26 00:13:18| Energy - Topix.net
Seventy-five percent of N.C. voters surveyed have heard about the the Feb. 2 coal ash spill at Duke Energy's Dan River Steam Station and 68 percent they are concerned about it.
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Lawyer Hired by NC in Spill Probe Represented Duke
2014-03-24 20:20:32| Energy - Topix.net
The lawyer hired to represent North Carolina's environmental agency during a federal investigation into its regulation of Duke Energy's coal ash dumps previously represented the utility company in a different criminal probe.
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N.C. to ditch deal with Duke
2014-03-22 02:12:09| Energy - Topix.net
North Carolina regulators said Friday that 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 $50 billion company clean up its pollution.
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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