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WNCA news and updates on the Hominy Creek oil spill
Below is a summary of our French Broad Riverkeeper's work and observations about the oil spill at Hominy Creek on Feb. 14. WNCA has gathered information on how you can help us stop this type on incident from happening again. What You Can Do: Current state law requires...
BREAKING: Federal government investigates coal ash spill
From the Charlotte Observer: 'Grand jury investigates coal ash spill' By Bruce Henderson bhenderson@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources for records on Duke...
WNCA, partners urge governor to take action on coal ash pollution
The following letter was hand delivered and emailed to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory today, on behalf of WNCA and the undersigned groups. February 12, 2014 Governor Pat McCrory 20301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Dear Governor McCrory: We are writing on...
N.C. agency seeks to delay enforcement against Duke Energy over coal ash pollution
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: Feb. 10, 2014 Contact: Kathleen Sullivan, 919-945-7106 or ksullivan@selcnc.org CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center commented on the late-evening request of the North...
Media Release: Waterkeepers’ samples show disturbing levels of metals and other contaminants in Dan River
For Immediate Release: February 6, 2014 Contacts: Blair FitzGibbon, FitzGibbon Media, (202) 503-6141 Donna Lisenby, Waterkeeper Alliance, dlisenby@waterkeeper.org, (828) 297-3777 Pete Harrison, Waterkeeper Alliance, pharrison@waterkeeper.org, (828) 582-0422 Photos of...
McCrory directs Duke to bring coal ash spill under control
From http://governor.nc.gov/: Governor travels with his environmental agency staff to spill site in Eden Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory traveled to the site of the coal ash spill in Eden Thursday to direct Duke Energy to take all needed measures...
BREAKING NEWS: Dan River ‘highly toxic’ due to Duke Energy coal ash spill
From MyFOX8.com: EDEN, N.C. — A certified laboratory analysis of water samples taken from the Dan River on Feb. 4 reveal that the water immediately downstream of Duke Energy’s ash spill is “contaminated with extremely high levels of arsenic, chromium, iron, lead and...
Check out video of the Feb. 3 Keystone pipeline vigil in Asheville
On Monday, Feb. 3, only three days after the State Department announced in its report that the Keystone XL Pipeline would have "no significant impact" on climate change, there were hundreds of candlelight vigils and demonstrations coordinated nationwide to let...
Get Southeast Coal Ash updates on the Dan River spill
On Sunday, Feb. 2, a stormwater pipe burst beneath a coal ash impoundment at Duke Energy’s retired Dan River Power Station near Eden. Duke Energy estimates that between 50,000 to 82,000 tons of coal ash and up to 27 million gallons of wastewater have run into the Dan...
Showtime series on climate change features WNCA’s Joyner; premiers in April
"Climate Disruption is not a political issue, it's a moral issue." - WNCA's campaign coordinator Anna Jane Joyner, as featured in the Years of Living Dangerously trailer . The new Showtime docu-series, "Years of Living Dangerously," is set to premiere on April 13....
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