Power Restored in Carrboro
****UPDATE: All power has been restored in Carrboro.**** ****UPDATE: Duke Energy is reporting that...
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Duke Energy
Study: Heavy Metals in N Carolina Lake Bottom Extensive
A toxic stew of coal ash has spilled repeatedly and apparently unnoticed from storage pits at a Wilmington power plant into an adjoining lake, according to a Duke University scientist who said Monday that flooding last September...
Read MoreN Carolina, Duke Energy Contest Coal Ash Cost, Removal Scope
North Carolina’s environmental agency exceeded its authority by ordering Duke Energy Corp. to dig up all of its coal ash and move it from unlined storage sites where toxic chemicals have seeped into water supplies, the...
Read MoreDuke Energy to Contest N Carolina Coal Ash Excavation Order
The country’s largest electric company says it’s challenging an order by North Carolina’s environmental agency to excavate coal ash from all of its power plant sites in the state. Duke Energy Corp. said...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Excavate All Coal Ash
The country’s largest electric company was ordered Monday to excavate coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, slashing the risk of toxic chemicals leaking into water supplies but potentially adding...
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Chapel Hill Saves With Energy Efficiency, but Officials Say More is Needed
Efforts to conserve energy in the Community Center, Town Hall and the Homestead Aquatics Center...
Read MoreFewer than 400 Remain Without Power in Orange County
6 a.m. Tuesday UPDATE: Duke Energy reported that most outages in Orange County were restored by early Tuesday morning; there were just under 400 Duke Energy customers without power. Piedmont Electric reported that all of the...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Watchdog Takes Legal Action Against Duke Energy
Two climate activism organizations have taken legal action against what they describe as Duke Energy’s pervasive influence spending. NC Warn, a North Carolina climate justice watchdog, and Friends of the Earth, an international...
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Nearly All Power Outages Restored in Orange County
****UPDATE: Duke Energy and Piedmont Electric are reporting as of 7 a.m. Monday that fewer than...
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Thousands Without Power in Orange County
More than 20,000 Orange County customers are without power on Friday due to damage from the...
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