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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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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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APNewsBreak: NC dumps coal ash deal with Duke
2014-02-11 05:39:47| Energy - Topix.net
North Carolina's environmental agency sought late Monday to delay its own settlement with Duke Energy a week after a busted pipe at one of the company's coal ash dumps spewed enough toxic sludge into the Dan River to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools.
EPA Approves Recycling of Coal Ash in Concrete, Wallboard
2014-02-10 17:38:00| Waste Age
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the beneficial use of coal ash in the making of concrete and wallboard, the two largest options for recycling of the material. read more
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North Carolina: Coal Ash Leak Is Diverted but Not Contained
2014-02-08 04:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Duke Energy said Friday that it was diverting the flow of coal ash away from the Dan River, but the company could not yet declare the huge spill fully contained nearly a week after it was discovered. Meghan Musgrave, a company spokeswoman, said that engineers at the Dan River Steam Station had designed a containment system that is capturing nearly all of the toxic runoff and pumping it back into a storage basin. Duke says up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated...
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