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Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

For Drinking Water Warnings, Lawmakers Debate Which Standard To Use

by Catherine Clabby May 6, 2016July 14, 2017

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

Environmental Health, Featured, Rural Health

NC to Mandate ‘Environmental Justice Reviews’ of New Coal Ash Dumps

by Catherine Clabby April 14, 2016January 9, 2017

Duke Energy's Asheville Steam Electric Generating Plant coal ash ponds. The DEQ has ranked the ponds as risk.

Environmental Health, Featured

DEQ Pushes to Categorize N.C.’s Coal Ash Ponds

by Catherine Clabby March 1, 2016January 9, 2017

mcCrory presents budget

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

State Supreme Court Rules Against Coal Ash, Fracking Commissions

by Gabe Rivin January 30, 2016April 7, 2017

An aerial shot of the Dan River Steam Station, the power plant whose ash spilled into the Dan River. Duke stores coal ash, a byproduct of electricity generation, in wet ponds. Photo courtesy Duke Energy

Environmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Government Agencies Point Fingers Over Coal Ash Delays

by Editor January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

Wet coal ash left over from last February's spill into the Dan River. Photo courtesy N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. photo shows a large mass of grey, mushy ash

What to Do with 264 Billion Pounds of Coal Ash

by Gabe Rivin August 10, 2015July 25, 2024