Interbasin Transfer?
Area citizens representing "Preserve our North Carolina Lakes Community" are holding an emergency meeting at the Vance Co. Commissioner’s Room, 122 Young St., Henderson, NC on Thursday, April 23 at 6:00 pm to discuss actions to be taken to stop local officials from...
read moreResolution: Dan River Coal Ash Cleanup Must Continue
1) WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 18, 2014, decided to permit Duke Energy to arbitrarily abort its cleanup of the Dan River and instead to merely monitor the approximately 94% of the coal ash remaining in the Dan River and affected parts;...
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The Search for Science, Technology, etc.
The shift of emphasis from containment to monitoring does not solve the waste management problem.
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A Stakeholders’ Collaborative Coal Ash Cleanup Model
Statement 1: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an enforceable agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) to perform a comprehensive assessment, determine the location of coal ash deposits and to remove deposits along the Dan River as deemed appropriate by EPA in consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a result of the coal ash spill that occurred at the Dan River Steam Station on February 2, 2014.”
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Experts say coal ash in Dan River a moving target
In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Didi Fung, a contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency, collects water samples from the Dan River as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash into the Dan River in Eden, N.C.
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NY Times: “…How Watchdog Was Defanged”
This New York Times article has a very good flyover video of the coal ash breach at the Dan River.
read more![Dangerous colors [PCBs] the poisoning of the Spokane River](http://ej-pp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spokane-river-550x440.jpg)
Dangerous colors [PCBs] the poisoning of the Spokane River
“I’ve learned, among other things, that phthalo pigments, besides inks and paints, are found in paper, textiles, cosmetics, leather products, foods and a multitude of other “household” goods. But the PCBs…”
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