RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration are telling a string of misleading half-truths about the safety of well water near Duke Energy coal ash pits containing a cancer-causing chemical and are responsible for any resulting ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All coal-ash pits in North Carolina maintained by Duke Energy power plants pose enough of an environmental risk that they should be excavated and moved by 2024, state environmental regulators said Wednesday. But the state Department of ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s environmental watchdog agency has not been trying very hard to force Duke Energy to clean up toxic groundwater pollution near a coal-burning power plant where neighbors can’t drink their well water, a federal judge said. U.S. ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected a bid by North Carolina’s environment agency to block Duke Energy from removing toxic coal ash from more plants than required under a new state law. Duke Energy has asked to add ...

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has temporarily halted a Duke Energy shareholder lawsuit prompted by a massive coal ash spill in North Carolina to give the company time to address related lawsuits and regulatory actions. Duke Energy agreed in February to ...

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RALEIGH, N.C., July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — David Fountain, senior vice president of enterprise legal support for Duke Energy, has been named Duke Energy’s state president in North Carolina, effective Sept. 1. Fountain succeeds Paul Newton, who announced his retirement ...

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Duke Energy will appeal a $25.1 million fine by North Carolina environmental regulators over pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years from a pair of coal ash pits at a retired power plant.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Duke Energy says it expects to pay $100 million to settle an ongoing federal criminal investigation that began after a massive coal ash spill at a North Carolina plant. The details are contained in an earnings report ...

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A North Carolina group advocating renewable energy said Tuesday it is pressing federal regulators to investigate whether Duke Energy should buy power from other Southeast electric companies and build fewer power plants that cost consumers.

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RALEIGH (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans for Duke Energy Progress to buy power plant ownership from 32 eastern North Carolina towns. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the plan Tuesday. Multiple media outlets reported the $1.2 billion purchase ...

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