The Feb. 2 Duke Energy spill dumped tons of toxic coal ash into the river, but the same material is used to make drywall and spread in farmers fields. The EPA is in the process of deciding whether the ...

Environmental officials say Duke Energy violated state regulations by pumping 61 million gallons of wastewater from coal ash ponds into the Cape Fear River. N.C. environmental officials say Duke ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources revealed details Thursday on the cleanup of the coal ash ponds across the state. Coal ash has been a hot topic for ...

Asked whether customers would carry the cost of coal-ash clean-up, Paul Newton, the president of Duke's North Carolina operations, told reporters after the panel meeting in April that the question ...

ROXBORO (WTVD) -- Phyllis Jeffers lives right down the street from one of Duke Energy's coal plants. She also has well water, but says it is water she hasn't been able to drink for about a year. She ...

RALEIGH, N.C., June 25 (Reuters) - North Carolina's state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill calling for the closure of Duke Energy's 33 coal ash ponds in the state within 15 years, ...

State regulators on Thursday issued the first permit to Duke Energy so the utility can begin draining coal ash ponds at a former power plant near Wilmington. State regulators on Thursday issued the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - As many as 82,000 tons of ash have spilled into a river after a pipe break at a retired coal plant in North Carolina, and environmental officials said on ...

RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory said today that he's going to stay out of the debate whether his former employer Duke Energy should be allowed to pass to consumers the costs of closing North Carolina's ...