Our press release on the consent order proposed today between the State of North Carolina and Duke Energy:(Charlotte, N.C.) The State of North Carolina and Duke Energy today … [Read more...] about COAL ASH CONSENT ORDER PROVIDES FRAMEWORK, IS A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT NEEDS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, FAILS TO CLEAN UP POLLUTION
Coal Ash Maps Show Failures Would Inundate Hundreds of Lake Properties
Duke Energy has finally released uncensored Emergency Action Plans -- including inundation maps -- in line with other utilities in the nation after the Catawba Riverkeeper … [Read more...] about Coal Ash Maps Show Failures Would Inundate Hundreds of Lake Properties
CRF: Duke Energy Violates the Law, Is Only Utility Hiding Critical Coal Ash Dam Safety Information
The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation has joined other groups across North Carolina -- represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center -- in notifying Duke Energy and government … [Read more...] about CRF: Duke Energy Violates the Law, Is Only Utility Hiding Critical Coal Ash Dam Safety Information
Catawba Riverkeeper in Washington to Defend 2015 Rule Limiting Pollution Discharges
Catawba Riverkeeper Sam Perkins joined dozens of others Monday at a hearing in Washington, D.C., to defend the 2015 Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs), which the new EPA is … [Read more...] about Catawba Riverkeeper in Washington to Defend 2015 Rule Limiting Pollution Discharges
Under Pressure from CRF & SELC, Duke Energy Withdraws Requests to Discharge Cancer-Causing Bromides
Used to reduce mercury emissions at coal-fired power plants, bromides caused high-level trihalomethane formation in treated drinking waterAfter the Catawba Riverkeeper … [Read more...] about Under Pressure from CRF & SELC, Duke Energy Withdraws Requests to Discharge Cancer-Causing Bromides