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Fate of Nearly 100 Million Tons of Coal Ash Could Hinge on NCDEQ Hearings

North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) may allow Duke Energy and its North Carolina subsidiaries to leave an estimated 97,350,920 tons of coal ash in unlined pits (called "impoundments" or "ponds"),…

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Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke and Other Southeast Utilities

Across our region, utilities are announcing idling or retirement of their older, uncontrolled coal units and embracing futures with less coal and more renewables in their long term generation planning.  First we…

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Duke to Close Buck and Riverbend Plants Ahead of Schedule

Duke Energy recently announced that it would retire two of its oldest coal-fired power plants in April 2013, two years ahead of schedule, which is welcome news to many in the state…