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Tag: Coal Ash Management Commission

shows a lake with pilings sticking up from the water. It's a lake contaminated with coal ash.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Samples suggest unreported coal ash spills

by Coastal Review Online June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online Coal ash found in the sediment at the bottom of Lake Sutton suggests multiple, unreported and unmonitored spills have occurred for years at Duke Energy’s former coal-fired plant near Wilmington, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Duke University. Sediment samples collected from the lake in 2015 […]

shows a coal plant with steam puffing from one of the smokestacks, a concern in the fight against climate change, air pollution
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Duke Energy’s decision to appeal coal ash excavation order rankles neighbors, environmentalists

by Greg Barnes April 16, 2019April 15, 2019
Photo of water bottles tweeted by Amy Brown, a neighbor of Duke Energy's Belmont coal ash plant and waste dump. Her tweet read: "38 bottles used to prepare our meal this year! You could do better if you would stop worrying so much about that pocketbook."
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Coal Ash Families Get Word of Water Replacement Plan

by Catherine Clabby December 7, 2016July 14, 2017
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Legislators Tinker Less with Environmental Regulation During Work Session

by Catherine Clabby July 8, 2016September 7, 2016
Coal ash remaining at the Dan River Steam Station, after the power plant's pond spilled 39,000 tons of ash into the Dan River in February. Photo courtesy N.C. DENR
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Legislators Take Another Swing at Regulating Coal Ash Cleanup

by Catherine Clabby June 29, 2016June 29, 2017
Duke Energy's Asheville Steam Electric Generating Plant coal ash ponds. The DEQ has ranked the ponds as risk.
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Legislature Passes New Coal Ash Bill Over McCrory’s Objections

by Catherine Clabby June 1, 2016January 9, 2017

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