Judge Orders Duke Energy To Stop Coal Ash Pond Contamination

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CHARLOTTE,NC– Duke Energy has to stop coal ash pond contamination.

A judge ordered the utility to take immediate action to keep toxins from leaking from it’s coal ash ponds.

Thursday’s ruling is on a complaint filed before last month’s massive leak into the Dan River.

There are at least 32 coal ash dumps across North Carolina, including one at Mountain Island Lake.

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