Dan River Clean up News

Duke Energy Sued Over Environmental Damage to Dan River from 2014 Coal Ash Spill

The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river shared by the two states coated …

Judge OKs Duke Energy Environmental Compliance Plan in North Carolina

A federal judge is approving two Duke Energy plans describing how the country’s largest electricity company says it will comply with environmental laws. The statewide and nationwide environmental compliance plans were approved last week by U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard. …

Regulators Determining Fines for Duke After Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina

A year after the sudden collapse of an old drainage pipe triggered the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, regulators say they are still working to determine how much to fine the nation’s largest electricity company. It took …