Duke Energy said Tuesday that it plans to move coal ash from another 12 unlined pits at its North Carolina power plants to lined landfills, primarily clay mines in Chatham and Lee counties. Duke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A concrete pipe below this coal ash impoundment at the Dan River Power Plant in Eden, North Carolina, failed, releasing coal ash ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy must take immediate action to eliminate sources of groundwater contamination at its coal ash dumps, a judge said Thursday in a ruling that came from a complaint ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — When Duke Energy says it wants to cover coal ash cleanup costs by raising customer rates, it means right down to the bottled water it's bought people living near the ash pits, a top ...

Duke Energy is now facing federal criminal charges for pollution at five of its North Carolina power plants, including the Asheville facility. U.S. Attorneys across the state filed a series of ...

North Carolina environmental officials said Tuesday that they are fining Duke Energy $25 million over pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years from a pair of coal ash pits at a ...

After decades of burning coal to provide electricity, Duke Energy must now remove the residue from in the company’s coal ash ponds, the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) said on Monday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good is getting a raise a year after the country’s largest electric company confronted a coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A judge is giving Duke Energy more bad news. The I-Team was in court when Duke was told to turn over what its lawyers say could be millions of documents. For fans of transparency, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to weaken federal clean-water rules that have been used to force Duke Energy to clean up its toxic coal-ash storage sites across North Carolina for more than ...