Tag: Coal Ash
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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…
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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…
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Water Samples Show Disturbing Levels of Heavy Metals from Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill
[This is the third article in a three-part series. Read part one, read part two.] 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 water…
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Exclusive: Duke Energy Ongoing Coal Ash Spill Into Dan River
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 North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The team, which included staff from Waterkeeper Alliance, Yadkin Riverkeeper…
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EPA to Finalize First-Ever Coal Ash Regulations This Year
Late yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to finalize first-ever federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash by Dec.19, 2014, according to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups and a Native American tribe. The settlement does not dictate the content of the final regulation, but…