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March 11, 2015

North Carolina Fines Duke Energy $25.1 Million for Environmental Damage 
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North Carolina has fined the utility giant Duke Energy $25.1 million,
the largest environmental fine in state history. The penalty concerns
groundwater contamination from a coal ash plant near Wilmington. It is
separate from a pending fine at the federal level for Duke's spill of
more than 35 million gallons of coal ash into the Dan River, one of the
worst such spills in U.S. history.

 

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