Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill Pollutes NC River

[GoLeft TV]

On Monday afternoon, Duke Energy reported that the company spilled between 50,000 to 82,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River in North Carolina. “Initial indications are that 22 million gallons of coal ash could already be in the Dan River headed toward the downstream communities of Eden and Danville,” the Dan River Basin Association (DRBA) reports.

Residents began noticing that the river appeared black yesterday, and eyewitness reports from Tuesday say the same. Residents of Danville, Virginia withdraw their drinking water just 6 miles downstream from the site of the leak.

You can read the full article here at Ring of Fire.

[chervilant]

1. A nasty, significant toxic accident...

about to pass into the perfunctory "old news" category.