Contractor Settles with Sickened Tenn. Workers Who Cleaned up Coal Ash Spill May 25, 2023 Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led...
Florence Floods Cause Sewage, Coal Ash Spills September 16, 2018 By Mark Niquette and Christopher Flavelle A Duke Energy Corp. landfill near Wilmington, North Carolina, failed under the assault of Tropical Storm Florence, spilling about 2,000...
North Carolina Environmental Groups, Regulators Spar Over Coal Ash Spill October 21, 2016 Conservationists and regulators are at odds over how much coal ash was swept away by flooding during Hurricane Matthew –...
Judge Claims Regulators Not Enforcing Duke Coal Ash Clean-Up in North Carolina October 27, 2015 By Emery P. Dalesio North Carolina’s environmental watchdog agency has not been trying very hard to force Duke Energy to clean up toxic groundwater...
Environmental Groups Ask North Carolina Judge to Dismiss Part of Duke Energy Suit July 24, 2015 By Amy O'Connor A coalition of environmental groups is supporting Duke Energy’s effort to dismiss part of long-running lawsuit over pollution leaking from...
North Carolina High Court Rules Duke Energy Has ‘Years’ to Cleanup Coal Ash June 16, 2015 By Emery P. Dalesio North Carolina’s highest court ruled June 11 that Duke Energy has years to clean up leaking coal ash dumps as...
Duke Energy Settles North Carolina Coal Ash Criminal Case for $102M May 18, 2015 By Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water...
SEC Filing: Duke Energy Expects to Settle Criminal Charges from Spill for $100M February 20, 2015 By Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss Duke Energy expects to pay $100 million to settle an ongoing federal criminal investigation that began after a massive coal...
Duke in Talks with U.S. on 2014 North Carolina Coal Ash Spill February 18, 2015 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Duke Energy Corp., the largest U.S. utility owner, is in settlement talks with the U.S. government over a coal ash...
Regulators Determining Fines for Duke After Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina February 4, 2015 By Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss A year after the sudden collapse of an old drainage pipe triggered the third largest coal ash spill in U.S....