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GREENVILLE — As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, federal prosecutors recounted examples where time and again the nation’s largest electricity company failed to prevent its illegal ...
Read More »Prosecutors: Duke Energy could have avoided Dan River spill
US charges Duke with illegal pollution from 5 coal ash dumps 
RALEIGH — Federal prosecutors filed multiple criminal charges against Duke Energy on Friday over years of illegal pollution leaking from coal ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants. The three U.S. Attorney’s Offices covering the state charged Duke with nine ...
Read More »UPDATED: Group files ethics complaint against NC Gov. McCrory
RALEIGH — Advocacy groups filed ethics complaints Monday against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina over six-figure stock payouts they received while in office from an online mortgage broker. The complaints followed an Associated Press report last month ...
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Read More »An old plant, tainted land, and worried homeowners
ASHEVILLE — Developer Richard Green had nearly everything in place to build upscale homes on the heavily polluted land next to an old electronic components plant in the mountains outside Asheville. All he needed was a permit. So when the ...
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Read More »Analysts question McCrory’s payout disclosure
RALEIGH — Political analysts from both parties said they had concerns Wednesday about whether Gov. Pat McCrory had been forthcoming about payments of more than $185,000 in cash and stock that he accepted from a Charlotte mortgage broker after he ...
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Read More »AP: Carolinas politicians get payouts from broker
CHARLOTTE — Soon after taking office, Gov. Pat McCrory and South Carolina U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford accepted six-figure stock payouts from an online mortgage broker accused by regulators of deceiving its customers. The two Republicans served as directors at Tree.com, ...
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Read More »Federal grand jury looks into Duke Energy spill
RALEIGH — A federal grand jury was set to convene Tuesday as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with toxic sludge. The session ...
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Read More »Tweak to NC law protected Duke’s coal ash pits
CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy was in a bind. North Carolina regulators had for years allowed the nation’s largest power company to pollute the ground near its plants without penalty. But in early 2013, a coalition of environmental groups sued to force Duke ...
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