Tag: coal ash

Community In N.C. To Become Toxic Coal Ash Dumping Ground

Residents of a small trailer park off Colon Road in Sanford North Carolina didn't know that their community will soon become a dumping ground...

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Files Suit Against State Leadership, Doesn’t...

The narrative of North Carolina's struggle to clean up the Duke Energy coal-ash spill keeps getting crazier. This week it was announced that current...

Duke Energy Calls Dan River Cleanup Job Done–With Most Of Coal...

  When is cleaning up only 3,000 tons out of nearly 40,000 tons of a toxic spill enough to say the job is finished? Apparently...

North Carolina Senate Makes Flawed Proposal To Deal With Coal Ash...

  Late Monday, the Republican leadership in the North Carolina state senate introduced what they bill as the first effort in the nation to shut...

After Decades, EPA Finally Concedes to Regulate Coal Ash

After an abysmal track record of leaning toward the preferences of coal and power companies the EPA has finally agreed to regulate the disposal...