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After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction

2014-03-14 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Power producers' coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past. After six years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May will decide on changes to the Clean Water Act that would direct power companies to remove dangerous impurities, including carcinogens, from coal ash wastewater before releasing it into rivers that supply drinking water. While the new regulations will not prohibit...

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Subpoenas Issued in North Carolina Coal Ash Spill

2014-02-26 20:34:22| ENR.com: Headline News

Duke Energy has permanently plugged pipes that caused spill.

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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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Gov. McCrory denies Duke coal ash deal involvement

2014-02-15 08:51:21| Energy - Topix.net

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory denied Friday he had any talks with Duke Energy executives or lobbyists about his administration's scuttled deal to settle environmental violations at two of the $50 billion company's coal ash dumps for $99,000.

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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,...

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