Duke Energy's $7 Million Fine Settlement for Coal Ash Contamination - North Carolina, USA

Environmental groups challenge NC settlement with Duke Energy
(Anne BLYTHE, The News & Observer; October 13, 2015)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/coal-ash-issue/article38955993.html

$20 million settlement reached in coal ash case
(Cammie BELLAMY, StarNews Online; September 29, 2015)
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150929/articles/150929684

N. B.:  Please note that the aformentioned StarNews Online article is three (3) pages long.


Selected Research Articles:



Trace Elements in Coal Ash  - USGS Fact Sheet 2015 - 3037
(DEONARINE et al., 2015)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3037/pdf/fs2015-3037.pdf

Predicting Mobilization and Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements from Coal Fly Ash Using Speciation Analysis; Final Project Report - 2014
(HESTERBERG et al., 2014)
http://152.85.5.80/kingston/reports_papers_presentations/pdf/436_TVA_FINAL_Report_NCSU-2014.pdf


The Impact of Coal Combustion Residue Effluent on Water Resources:  A North Carolina Example
(RUHL et al., 2012)
http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/files/2011/08/es303263x1.pdf

Environmental Impacts of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee:  An 18-Month Survey
(RUHL et al., 2010)
http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/4029/285266900007.pdf?sequence=1


U. S. EPA Website:


Coal Ash (Coal Combustion Residuals. or CCR)
http://www2.epa.gov/coalash


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