Google, Apple and Facebook sent a letter to North Carolina legislators urging them not to change the state’s renewable energy laws. State representatives are considering a bill that green energy advocates say would negatively...
Read MoreCoal ash could be coming to Chatham and Lee Counties, as Duke Energy looks to use old clay mines for disposal.
Read MoreChapel Hill Police say a local business woman thwarted a potential phone scam last week, but others haven’t been so lucky.
Read MoreDuke Energy plans to charge residential customers more in order to establish new renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, across North Carolina.
Read MoreDespite the high temperatures across North Carolina, the heat may not pose much of a problem for Duke Energy’s power grids.
Read MoreIn the wake of the massive spill into the Dan River in February, environmental groups are demanding that the nation’s largest utility remove the more than 100 million tons of hazardous coal ash away from the sites.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreA 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.
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Due to hazardous travel conditions (downed trees and power lines) and wide spread power outages that remain, two school districts remain closed Monday.
Read More“We are also fortunate in that we do not have any coal ash storage ponds in our watershed…”
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