that is doing all he can, in telling the public all it needs to know about that spill? you know, i am concerned. first of all, we have to be sure that the now that the leakage had stopped we have to be sure that the cleanup is undertaken immediately, and we have to be sure that 36 other coal ash ponds are protected. one of the things that really concerns me is through the budget cuts we ve seen in north carolina, the water containment issue area from the department of environment has actually been cut 23%. there will be 23% fewer employees than there were three years ago. that is very troubling to me. and so i think that we need to be sure that the federal and state regulators are working together to be sure to test the water, to be truthful, up front and have immediate response to the public when they see something wrong. senator kay hagan of north carolina, the state that managed to cancel its big basketball game because of the snow. that s how you know how bad it is. weather
to know about that spill? you know, i am concerned. first of all, we have to be sure that the now that the leakage had stopped we have to be sure that the cleanup is undertaken immediately, and we have to be sure that 36 other coal ash ponds are protected. one of the things that really concerns me is through the budget cuts we ve seen in north carolina, the water containment issue area from the department of environment has actually been cut 23%. there will be 23% fewer employees than there were three years ago. that is very troubling to me. and so i think that we need to be sure that the federal and state regulators are working together to be sure to test the water, to be truthful, up front and have immediate response to the public when they see something wrong. senator kay hagan of north carolina, the state that managed to cancel its big basketball game because of the snow. that s how you know how bad it
against these utilities has started. i think this is a progressive step forward that is typically unusual of denr. could this leak at the dan river plant have been prevented? was it was this the sort of thing that was foreseen, that people were worried about with those lawsuits they were filing? yes. this was absolutely 100% preventable, rachel. what we know is that these coal ash ponds, anytime they re storing toxic coal ash in an unlined hole in the ground adjacent to our surface waters, that there s a risk to the public. there s a risk to our drinking water, the public s right for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water to utilize for their recreation and for their personal benefit. and even though this spill is the outward sign, we saw the outward sign of the spill in kingston, tennessee in 2008, and this is the outward sign of a catastrophic failure here at the dan river, these plants, all 14 plants in north carolina are
started. i think this is a progressive step forward that is typically unusual of denr. could this leak at the dan river plant have been prevented? was it was this the sort of thing that was foreseen, that people were worried about with those lawsuits they were filing? yes. this was absolutely 100% preventable, rachel. what we know is that these coal ash ponds, anytime they re storing toxic coal ash in an unlined hole in the ground adjacent to our surface waters, that there s a risk to the public. there s a risk to our drinking water, the public s right for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water to utilize for their recreation and for their personal benefit. and even though this spill is the outward sign, we saw the outward sign of the spill in kingston, tennessee in 2008, and this is the outward sign of a catastrophic failure here at the dan river, these plants, all 14 plants in north carolina are
prudent action that i have seen diener take since the litigation against these utilities has started. i think this is a progressive step forward that is typically unusual of diener. could this leak at the dan river plant have been prevented? was it was this the sort of thing that was foreseen, that people were worried about with those lawsuits they were filing? yes. this was absolutely 100% preventable, rachel. what we know is that these coal ash ponds, anytime they re storing toix coal ash in an unlined hole in the ground adjacent to our surface waters, that there s a risk to the public. there s a risk to our drinking water, the public s right for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water to utilize for their recreation and for their personal benefit. and even though this spill is the outward sign, we saw the outward sign of the spill in kingston, tennessee in 2008, and this is the outward sign of a