Recent Articles from Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss, Associated Press
Prosecutors: Duke Energy could have avoided Dan River spill
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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