Historic coal ash cleanup settlement announced. The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation agreed to a settlement with Duke Energy that means Duke will clean up and excavate the remaining six coal ash sites in North Carolina, includingContinue reading
Category: Coal Ash
Coal ash excavated from the banks of the Wateree River
Update by Brandon Jones, Catawba Riverkeeper Today, Dominion Energy (formerly SCE&G) announced the complete excavation of 3.5 million tons of coal ash from the banks of the Catawba-Wateree River near Congaree National Park. The cleanupContinue reading
Duke submits final clean up progress report declaring that all ash has been removed at Riverbend
From Riverkeeper Brandon Jones This week, Duke Energy submitted their final 6 Month Progress report on the clean up of coal ash at the retired Riverbend Stream Station on Mountain Island Lake. Duke has removedContinue reading
Duke Appeals DEQ’s Excavation Order
As expected, Duke Energy filed to appeal the DEQ’s order to excavate coal ash at the remaining six NC sites. This includes two in the Catawba Basin, Marshall on Lake Norman and Allen on LakeContinue reading
Duke to Appeal Coal Ash Excavation Order
In a disappointing but not surprising decision, Duke Energy announced this morning it will appeal NCDEQ’s order to excavate coal ash. Once again, the utility has elected to delay cleaning up their pollution. Once again, they are attemptingContinue reading