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Rachel Maddow Exposes Dirty Deal in Duke Energy Toxic Coal Ash Spill
2014-02-14 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hear the latest on the 73 Olympic-size swimming pools worth of toxic sludge that Duke Energy dumped into North Carolina waterways starting Super Bowl Sunday in this Rachel Maddow interview with Michael Gerrard, professor of environmental law at Columbia University. Gerrard talks about a North Carolina federal investigation into this coal ash leak disaster. For more information on this third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, read Waterkeeper Alliances four-part series: part one, part two,...
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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Minnesota crude-by-rail spill left largely untouched
2014-02-13 22:58:26| Railroads - Topix.net
Clean-up efforts have been slow coming for some 12,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled from a railcar between the Minnesota towns of Winona and Red Wing on Feb. 3, 2014 According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the spill happened because of a cap or valve problem from a car on a Canadian Pacific Railway train.
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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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Another day, another big coal-industry spill ruins a river
2014-02-13 18:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The coal power industry has dumped a lot of toxic crap into yet another river. This latest incident is not to be confused with the spill of toxic coal-cleaning chemicals that poisoned a West Virginia river last month and left 300,000 people without drinking water. Nor is it to be confused with a huge coal-ash spill from a retired power plant in North Carolina earlier this month. No, this is a whole new spill. Patriot Coal accidentally let more than 100,000 gallons of coal slurry loose from...
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