Judge Orders Duke To Take 'Immediate' Action To Stop Coal Ash Pollution [1]
"RALEIGH — After much debate over how to deal with coal-ash hazards at Duke Energy power plants in North Carolina, a Wake County Superior Court judge says the answer is to take “immediate” action."
"Judge Paul Ridgeway issued a 17-page order on Thursday that seems to cut through years of dithering over the utility’s obligations and what authority the state has to order a prompt response to eliminate an environmental threat.
Exactly what that action should be was not specified."
Anne Blythe reports for the Raleigh News & Observer March 6, 2014. [2]
SEE ALSO:
"Judge: Duke Energy Must Halt Coal Ash Pond Contamination" (WRAL) [3]
"Judge Orders Duke Energy To Rein in Its Coal-Ash Pollution" (Roanoke Times) [4]
"Duke Energy Must Eliminate Source Of Pollution At Coal Ash Ponds" (WUNC) [5]
"Duke Energy Must Immediately Stop Polluting Groundwater In North Carolina, Judge Rules" (Climate Progress) [6]
"Duke Ordered To Stop Groundwater Pollution at North Carolina Coal Plants" (Reuters) [7]
"North Carolina: Judge Orders Action at Ash Dumps" (AP) [8]