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Duke Energy Announces Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Will Take 2+ Years; Emails Show Collusion Between Regulators and NC Utility

Duke Energy Announces Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Will Take 2+ Years; Emails Show Collusion Between Regulators and NC Utility

Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest electric and gas supplier, announced Friday it would take the company more than two years to clean up February’s massive coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with 60,000 tons of toxic sludge. Environmental regulators in North Carolina consulted Duke Energy last year before seeking to exclude […]

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    Southern Illinois Says No to Peabody Coal at Historic Hearing

    Southern Illinois Says No to Peabody Coal at Historic Hearing

    Outnumbering Peabody Energy supporters more than four to one among those willing to make public comments, outraged residents, farmers and former miners expertly broke down the inconsistencies and errors in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) tentative determination to issue a water quality permit at a packed strip mine hearing on Tuesday in the heart of Illinois’ coal country. […]

    Time to Hold Duke Energy Accountable for Dangerous Coal Ash Impoundments to Prevent Next Spill

    Time to Hold Duke Energy Accountable for Dangerous Coal Ash Impoundments to Prevent Next Spill

    North Carolina, home to more high-hazard coal ash impoundments than any other state, has been ground-zero for coal-ash issues for years … long before the lawsuits began to fly. That’s probably because the state’s largest city, Charlotte, is home to the nation’s largest energy producer and anti-coal-ash-regulation lobbyist, Duke Energy. The city is also home […]

    Rachel Maddow Exposes Dirty Deal in Duke Energy Toxic Coal Ash Spill

    Rachel Maddow Exposes Dirty Deal in Duke Energy Toxic Coal Ash Spill

    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 […]

    Highly Contaminated Water Still Pouring Into Public Drinking Source on Dan River

    Highly Contaminated Water Still Pouring Into Public Drinking Source on Dan River

    [This is the fourth article in a four-part series. Read part one, read part two, read part three.] Waterkeeper Alliance and Yadkin Riverkeeper have obtained the results from a second round of water sampling on the Dan River in the wake of the third largest coal ash spill in recent U.S. history. Their results confirm that highly-contaminated […]

    Breaking: Third Coal-Related Spill in the Last Month Contaminates West Virginia Waterway

    Breaking: Third Coal-Related Spill in the Last Month Contaminates West Virginia Waterway

    The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is investigating a coal slurry spill, reported to be of “significant” size, from a pipe that ruptured early this morning at the Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant in Kanawha County, WV. The slurry spilled into Fields Creek and has apparently begun to reach the Kanawha River, about 3.5 miles away. The slurry […]

    Water Samples Show Disturbing Levels of Heavy Metals from Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill

    Water Samples Show Disturbing Levels of Heavy Metals from Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill

    [This is the third article in a four-part series. Read part one, read part two, read part four.] Today Waterkeeper Alliance and Yadkin Riverkeeper issued the results of water sampling from the Dan River in the wake of the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history. A certified laboratory analysis of Waterkeeper’s samples, completed today, reveals that the […]

    Exclusive: Duke Energy Ongoing Coal Ash Spill Into Dan River

    Exclusive: Duke Energy Ongoing Coal Ash Spill Into Dan River

    [This is the second article in a four-part series. Read part one, read part three, read part four.] In the wake of what may be the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, Waterkeeper Alliance deployed a disaster response team to assess the damage and monitor remediation efforts by Duke Energy and the of […]