US investigates NC environment agency
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Source: Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal authorities have launched an investigation into North Carolina's environmental agency following a massive coal ash spill on the Dan River.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has issued a grand jury subpoena requesting records from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. They include emails, memos and reports from 2010 to the Feb. 2 spill.
The spill occurred at a 27-acre Duke Energy coal ash pond, spewing up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the waterway.
The spill, discovered by a security guard, is the third-largest in U.S. history.
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supernova
(39,345 posts)blm
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Triana
(22,666 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)laws hatched by the ruthless right wing.....they are all worthy of attention.
alp227
(32,015 posts)The Raleigh News & Observer also reports: NC tells downstream users not to touch polluted Dan River water or eat the fish
valerief
(53,235 posts)Cuz today perpetrators are rewarded.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)Rake their corrupt asses over the the damn coals.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)That makes no sense.