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Dan River power plant, Duke Energy, Helicopter coal ash flyover. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.
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Duke Energy Confirms Pollution of Groundwater, Stability Problems at Unlined Coal Ash Pits Across North Carolina

November 14, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Duke Energy is polluting groundwater, damaging wetlands, and storing coal ash in unstable areas at unlined, leaking sites in North and South Carolina, according to its own recent filings required by the US federal Coal […]

Dan River power plant, Duke Energy, Helicopter coal ash flyover. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.
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Citizen Groups Voice Concerns as NC DEQ Tries Hasty Weakening of Coal Ash Rules

April 4, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Citizen groups from across the state on April 4, 2018 submitted comments objecting to parts of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s proposed coal ash rules that would undercut the rights of North Carolina […]

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DEQ Public Comment Period Open on Plan to Speed Up Coal Ash Cleanup

January 10, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

 The NC Department of Environmental Quality wants public feedback on a plan to speed up the closure of coal ash ponds at three facilities near Charlotte. On January 9, 2018, the department announced that it […]

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Duke Energy Violates National Coal Ash Rule by Hiding Critical Dam Safety Information

September 20, 2017 Kay Whatley

Local community groups across the country today sent notices that they plan to bring enforcement actions against Duke Energy for withholding critical dam safety information that Duke Energy was required to disclose to nearby communities, […]

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Victory for Clean Water and Communities in Coal Ash Lawsuit Against TVA

August 4, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Judge Orders TVA to Excavate and Move Its Coal Ash from Leaking, Unlined Pit By Beth Alexander and Claudine McElwain, Southern Environmental Law Center On August 4, 2017, a Federal Court in Nashville Tennessee ruled against […]

Dan River power plant, Duke Energy, Helicopter coal ash flyover. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.
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“Illegal Pollution” Lawsuit Planned Against Duke Energy

March 14, 2017 Kay Whatley

Southern Environmental Law Center Says Duke Energy Coal Ash Pollution into Hyco Lake and Dan River and Roanoke River Basins Violates Clean Water Act By Frank Holleman, selcnc.org On behalf of the Roanoke River Basin Association, […]

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Duke Energy Issues Update on H.F. Lee Power Plant in Goldsboro NC

October 14, 2016 Kay Whatley

This information was released by Duke Energy on October 14, 2016: As we have been communicating for several days, historically high flood waters in the Neuse River have covered three inactive coal ash basins at the […]

Dan River power plant, Duke Energy, Helicopter coal ash flyover. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.
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DEQ May OK More Duke Energy Coal Ash Leaks

August 30, 2016 Kay Whatley

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Seeks to Permit Duke Energy’s Leaks of Coal Ash Polluted Wastewater into the Dan River and Roanoke River Basin Released by Kathleen Sullivan, selcnc.org Three new permits proposed by the […]

DENR Sec. Skvarla (l.) visits the Dan River spill site. Photo dated February 7, 2014. Source: NC DEQ.
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NC Coal Ash Pond Classifications Proposed

May 21, 2016 Kay Whatley

State Releases Deadlines for Coal Ash Pond Closures, will Request Changes to Coal Ash Law Released by Crystal Feldman, ncdenr.gov The state environmental department on May 18, 2016, released proposed classifications for all coal ash ponds in North […]

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The Strange-ness: Living without Food

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Prahlad Jani lives in India and is in his mid-80s. He claims to have lived without eating food or drinking water since 1940. Breatharianism is a concept where believers think that the energy of the sun is […]

Draken outside Norwegian coast. Photographer Peder Jacobsson.
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