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EPA Orders Duke Energy to Clean North Carolina Coal Ash Spill

EPA Orders Duke Energy to Clean North Carolina Coal Ash Spill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Duke Energy reached a deal Thursday afternoon to clean up one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history. The deal comes after months of advocates demanding answers and residents calling for stricter enforcement. As a result of Duke spilling thousands of tons of coal ash into the […]

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    EPA Orders Duke Energy to Clean North Carolina Coal Ash Spill

    EPA Orders Duke Energy to Clean North Carolina Coal Ash Spill

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Duke Energy reached a deal Thursday afternoon to clean up one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history. The deal comes after months of advocates demanding answers and residents calling for stricter enforcement. As a result of Duke spilling thousands of tons of coal ash into the […]

    PED Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 5 Million, Hog Industry Scrambles for Solutions

    PED Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 5 Million, Hog Industry Scrambles for Solutions

    An estimated 5 million hogs have died since the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) was discovered last May, and federal officials along with industry experts are scrambling to control the continued spread of the disease, reports Reuters.  This slideshow exposes the reckless disposal practices of an industrialized swine facility in North Carolina hit with the PED virus. Warning: The […]

    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 […]

    No More Excuses: Duke Energy, Clean Up Your Toxic Ash Holes

    No More Excuses: Duke Energy, Clean Up Your Toxic Ash Holes

    For four years, Waterkeeper Alliance and our North Carolina Riverkeepers have been locked in a pitched battle with Duke Energy to force the irresponsible company to clean up its dangerous, illegally polluting ash ponds which we call toxic ash holes. In 2009, I traveled to Raleigh to meet with the Aquifer Protection Section of the North Carolina […]

    The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC

    The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC

    Greenpeace By Cassady Sharp The same law that contributed to George Zimmerman walking free out of a Florida courtroom last weekend after taking the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was primarily written by the same super lobbying group behind legislation protecting natural gas companies from disclosing chemicals used in fracking. The American Legislative Exchange Council, […]