Toxic Sludge fills 73 Olympic Pools of your Water in North Carolina: Coal Ash Disaster
A few weeks ago one of Duke Energy’s 31 coal ash dumping grounds ruptured, leaking 80,000 tons of coal waste and toxic sludge into North Carolina’s Dan River. Armed with Clean Air Act enforcement powers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was poised to levy significant fines on Duke Energy and take steps to force Duke…