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After a battery of tests on private drinking water wells near coal ash ponds around North Carolina, health officials have cautioned many residents against…
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Eighty-seven homes near Duke Energy coal ash ponds around North Carolina have well-water contaminated with heavy metals, according to state environmental…
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North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources has issued the largest fine in its history, against Duke Energy. The agency fined Duke…
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Federal prosecutors announced Friday evening they filed criminal charges against Duke Energy over last year’s massive coal ash spill into the Dan River.…
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North Carolina has taken measures since the 1970s to control the top water contaminant in the state, the dirt that pours into rivers and lakes from human…
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North Carolina is now one step away from legalizing fracking. A state commission has spent the past two years writing a broad set of rules to cover how…
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The controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking could take its second-to-last step toward legalization in North Carolina on Friday. A…
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Duke Energy has proposed moving millions of tons of coal ash from waste ponds and using it to fill in old mines. So far, the plan has drawn support from…
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North Carolina environmental regulators have ordered Duke Energy to redo the first step in the process of cleaning up its coal ash ponds around the state.…
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Opposition is already shaping up to the Environmental Protection Agency rule that, if enacted, would be the first to limit how much carbon the nation’s…