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Two Months After W. Va.'s Chemical Spill, Residents Still Concerned About Water Safety
2014-03-14 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rolling Stone: Sharon Satterfield, a grandmother of six in Charleston, West Virginia, doesn't touch the water. "It's still not all right," she says, standing in her son's modest ranch-style house, almost two months after a toxic chemical spill shut down the drinking water supply of 300,000 residents in and around the state capitol -- one of the largest incidents of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. At the time, state authorities banned the use of tap water for everything except flushing toilets and...
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Virginia taking long-term review of N.C. coal ash spill
2014-03-11 00:05:53| Waste Management - Topix.net
Virginia is examining any potential long-term environmental damage from a North Carolina coal ash spill on the Dan River and will hold Duke Energy "fully accountable" if any is found, the director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality said Monday.
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Clean up ongoing at PN Huntsman facility after oil spill
2014-03-08 17:56:03| Waste Management - Topix.net
A spill from a Shell pipeline running through Port Neches' Huntsman facility left 364 barrels of crude oil to be cleaned up Thursday.
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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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Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears
2014-03-03 17:20:21| Energy - Topix.net
A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer's delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
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