Report: Coal ash fouling N.C. waters

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Coal ash from Duke Energy's Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County and five other places in North Carolina is contaminating the state's rivers, wetlands, creeks and ground­water, according to an analysis released yester­day by two nonprofit environmental organizations.

The six are among 31 waste sites in 14 states that Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project identified as causing coal-ash contamination.

Officials with the two groups said during a teleconference that these sites should be added to a list of 70 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has already identified as part of a process to define coal ash as a hazardous material.

If a definition is established, federal regulations on its disposal will follow. However, that process is tied up in the Office of Management and Budget, according to Jeff Stant, who works for the Environmental Integrity Project.


http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/feb/25/report-coal-ash-fouling-nc-waters/news/

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1. That's not that CLEAN COAL, like in those TV commercials, is it? nt

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2. kick

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3. So, let me ask you, how do you like it? See how it feels to live here?