Duke Energy cannot have a blanket order keeping its coal ash records out of the hands of environmental groups suing it over water pollution violations, a Wake County superior court judge ruled Friday.
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Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good defended her company’s response to the February coal ash spill into the Dan River, saying Duke will “continue to cooperate” with inquiries into the event.
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Duke Energy has denied in court documents filed Monday the environmental violations alleged in North Carolina's lawsuits against it involving coal ash storage ponds. The utility also filed a motion to remove a group of environmental organizations from the lawsuits, arguing they don't have the legal...
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Duke Energy seeks to withhold documents in lawsuit
As a federal grand jury probes possible criminal activity by Duke Energy, attorneys for the utility have asked a Wake County Superior Court judge to temporarily limit what information must be exchanged with the state agency and environmental organizations behind a lawsuit.STATE POLITICS
DENR says it would support clarifying coal-ash groundwater pollution law
North Carolina's environmental agency on Friday said it would support clarifying a 2013 law, if necessary, to settle a dispute over just what the groundwater pollution legislation requires.
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Investors ask Duke’s board to probe ash spill
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Duke Energy says outside engineers will finish assessing its coal ash ponds by May 31, following a February spill into the Dan River
