The New York Times has reported on new research that links scores of earthquakes to fracking wells near a fault in Ohio. The research, published in The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, says that fracking in Ohio built up underground pressures, which then caused earthquakes along a fault near the wells. According to […]
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Last week, after extensive review of the research, New York took the first steps toward a complete ban on fracking in the state. Unfortunately, in the same week, North Carolina continued its push toward allowing fracking, with 117 rules, many of which were poorly written, submitted in haste, or barely reviewed at all by the
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Clean water is one of the essential elements of life. Without it, nothing can grow or survive. So pollution of our water sources is of great concern, especially in our state where there are several North Carolina contaminated water disputes currently being heard in our court system. Dan River Coal Ash Spill Duke Energy has
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Electricity is essential to our everyday lives in the United States. Without it, we can’t cook food, wash our clothes, have light to see, or have air conditioning in our homes. What many people may not realize though, is that getting power comes with human and environmental costs. Large portions of the plants that supply
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The men and women who serve in the United States military sacrifice everything for our country, yet our own government is responsible for poisoning thousands of service members and their families by allowing pollution to occur on military bases across the country. One of the most serious and documented cases of toxic exposure caused by
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When a community’s water source is fouled, the results can be devastating. Just look at the situation many of the U.S. Marines and their families who have been stationed at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune have faced. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an investigation of toxic exposure due to contaminated water at the
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Water is a key element to life. Without it, plants will not grow and communities cannot thrive. This makes having a clean and pure source for water crucial; however, some businesses fail to take the necessary actions to ensure water sources are protected. One example of this was highlighted when Tyson Farms—one of the largest
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March 20, 2014 Last month, a pipe beneath a coal ash retention pond owned by Duke Energy burst, causing an estimated 39,000 tons of coal ash combined with 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River. The pollution puts citizens in Virginia and North Carolina at risk of potential Toxic Exposure from dangerous
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In early February 2014, a security guard at Duke’s Dan River Steam Station found that a pipe running under a 27-acre waste pond had collapsed, allowing 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of water to drain out. The spill turned the river cloudy for miles. Two health advisories have been released,
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February 6, 2014 Miles of the Dan River, acres of land, and an estimated 43,000 residents of the region surrounding Eden, North Carolina, are facing risks of dangerously Contaminated Water following a massive spill of toxic coal ash. The spill of an initially estimated 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash combined with 27 million gallons
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