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administration. and then their worst fears were realized. last week, last sunday afternoon, up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water broke free from a 48-inch stormwater pipe that was located at the dan river power plant in eden, north carolina. that retired plant is owned by duke energy. the pipe that ruptured spewed thousands of tons of toxic sludge which contains lead and arsenic and mercury and a stew of other toxic chemicals. enough sludge flowed out of that pipe to fill up 73 olympic-sized swimming pools. the public was not told about the breach until the day after it happened. the initial reports by both the company responsible, duke energy, and the state regulatory agency, did not accurately relay the scale of the leak. this it turns out was the third largest coal ash spill the country has ever seen. the coal ash from this spill kept spewing into the dan river for almost a week until this saturday, this weekend when workers were finally
three times environmental groups tried to use the clean water act to see duke energy to force them to clean up their coal ash sites in north carolina and three times the state government has stepped in at the very last minute to stop the lawsuit. those details came to light in a rather jaw-dropping new report from the associated press. the ap reporting in january 2013 the north carolina government started stepping in and blocking these environmental lawsuits against duke energy. that same month, january 2013, is when north carolina got a brand new republican governor. republican pat mccrory. who before he became governor spent 28 years working for duke energy. in the year since he has become governor, these environmental groups raised concern after concern about this one company and its coal ash problem and every time they ve essentially been stymied by the new administration. and then their worst fears were realized. last week, last sunday afternoon, up to 82,000 tons of
last week, last sunday afternoon, up to 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water broke free from a 48-inch stormwater pipe that was located at the dan river power plant in eden, north carolina. that retired plant is owned by duke energy. the pipe that ruptured spewed thousands of tons of toxic sludge which contains lead and arsenic and mercury and a stew of other toxic chemicals. enough sludge flowed out of that pipe to fill up 73 olympic-sized swimming pools. the public was not told about the breach until the day after it happened. the initial reports by both the company responsible, duke energy, and the state regulatory agency, did not accurately relay the scale of the leak. this it turns out was the third largest coal ash spill the country has ever seen. the coal ash from this spill kept spewing into the dan river for almost a week until this saturday, this weekend when workers were finally able to
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