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State Investigating Whether Duke Energy Leaked Contaminated Water At Chatham Co. Plant

Posted by Staff | Mar 18, 2014 | State

The concern is whether contaminated water was also released into the canal, which flows into an unnamed tributary that feeds the Cape Fear River, a drinking water source for several cities.

Poll: Voters Think Duke Energy Should Pay For Coal Ash Clean-Up, Not Customers

Posted by Staff | Mar 13, 2014 | State

A new poll finds that almost 80 percent of North Carolinians think Duke Energy alone should pay for the clean-up efforts from the recent coal ash spill on the Dan River.

Republican Senate Primary Tied In NC; Tillis’ Numbers Drop

Posted by Staff | Mar 11, 2014 | State

“With eight candidates, and all of them so closely bunched together, it is looking more and more likely that this is going to be headed for a run-off…”

DENR On NC Coal Ash Spill: “Taking A Holistic Look” At Environmental Impacts

Posted by Staff | Mar 9, 2014 | State

“We are going to be taking a comprehensive look at all of the infrastructure at these sites so that we can make sure that these types of spills, like the one that happened in Eden, never happen again.”

Lessons Learned From Dan River Coal Ash Spill

Posted by Staff | Feb 28, 2014 | State

“We are also fortunate in that we do not have any coal ash storage ponds in our watershed…”

Rep. Price: Cutting Benefits Doesn’t Cut Unemployment

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 24, 2014 | State

Is unemployment down in NC because the state cut benefits? U.S. Rep. David Price says quite the opposite.

Winning Moral Monday

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 17, 2014 | State

How do you measure the success of “Moral Monday”? Is it participation, elections, policy–or something more?

“Moral March” Draws Tens Of Thousands

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 10, 2014 | State

The NAACP’s “Moral March” was the largest civil rights march in the South in decades.

Orange County Gears Up For HKonJ “Moral March On Raleigh”

Posted by Staff | Feb 7, 2014 | State

“This is the most enthusiasm, the most serious organizing effort I have ever seen going into it. It is definitely going to be the biggest HKonJ ever,” Chilton said.

Arsenic Detected In NC River After Coal Ash Spill

Posted by Associated Press | Feb 7, 2014 | State

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The nation’s largest electricity provider and an environmental group are reporting conflicting data about the levels of toxins detected in a North Carolina river following a massive spill of coal ash....

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