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    Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Collapses in Wake of Hurricane Matthew Flooding

    Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Collapses in Wake of Hurricane Matthew Flooding

    [This breaking news is an update to a post earlier today on EcoWatch: Millions of Chickens Feared Dead at Factory Farms in Wake of Hurricane Matthew] Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper are responding to and documenting the breach of a 1.2-billion-gallon cooling pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant. The breach occurred today […]

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    North Carolina environmental regulators have cited Duke Energy for violating the conditions of a wastewater permit after it illegally dumped an estimated 61 million gallons of coal ash wastewater into a Cape Fear River tributary, according to Waterkeeper Alliance.  The state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued the citation on Thursday for the permit […]

    Agreement Cuts Pollution on Old, Dirty Coal Plants in Carolinas

    Agreement Cuts Pollution on Old, Dirty Coal Plants in Carolinas

    Southern Environmental Law Center Conservation groups announced a settlement Jan. 17 with Duke Energy that will cut pollution by phasing out more than 1600 mega watts of dirty, old coal-fired power while still meeting customers’ energy needs. The groups reached the settlement in an administrative challenge to the state-issued air pollution permit for construction and […]