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Judge: Duke Energy must stop groundwater contamination at coal plants
2014-03-07 12:36:24| Energy - Topix.net
Under Thursday's order, Duke Energy would have to take immediate steps to prevent ground water contamination at ash ponds like the one at the shuttered River Bend Steam Station, adjacent to the Charlotte reservoir, Mountain Island Lake.
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Duke ordered stop groundwater pollution at North Carolina coal plants
2014-03-06 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that Duke Energy Corp must immediately stop the sources of groundwater pollution at its 14 coal-fired power plants in the state. The issue of pollution from coal ash gained momentum in North Carolina last month, when a spill from a retired Duke power plant dumped at least 30,000 tons of ash in the Dan River. In the ruling, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway reversed a decision by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. He...
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Coal Companies and Subsidiaries to Spend Estimated $200 Million on Treatment and System-wide ...
2014-03-05 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), Alpha Appalachian Holdings, and 66 subsidiaries will spend estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater treatment systems and implement system-wide upgrades to reduce discharges of pollution from coal mines. This settlement covers ~79 active mines and 25 processing plants in KY, PA, TN, VA, and WV. Additionally, companies will pay civil penalty of $27.5 million for thousands of permit violations under Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 402. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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North Carolina cites five more power plants in massive coal ash spill
2014-03-03 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: North Carolina regulators have cited five more Duke Energy power plants for lacking required storm water permits after a massive spill at one of the companys coal ash dumps coated 70 miles of the Dan River in toxic sludge. The state department of environment and natural resources announced Monday that Charlotte-based Duke had been issued formal notices of violation for not having the needed permits, which are required to legally discharge rainwater draining from its plants into public waterways....
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Its Time to Move Beyond Dirty Coal
2014-03-02 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After viewing this slideshow, read essays from The Energy Reader, which includes more than 30 essays by some of the most insightful and expert voices exploring the consequences of our rapacious hunger for ever more energy. Contributors include Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Vandana Shiva, Richard Heinberg, Lester Brown, Amory Lovins, Sandra Steingraber, James Hansen, Winona LaDuke and James Woolsey. Collectively, they offer a wake-up call about the future of energy and what each of us...
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