North Carolina's Republican governor McCrory worked for Duke Energy for 30 years. The Associated Press reports McCrorys Department of Environment and Natural Resources stepped in to block three separate Clean Water Act lawsuits brought against the company in 2013. Instead of harsh penalties and fines, Duke was given light financial penalties and was not required to change its storage of toxic byproducts from coal-fired power plants.
Now McCrory's administration is part of a criminal investigation in connection with Duke Energy's recent coal ash spill...
U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether a crime was committed when thousands of tons of coal ash sludge spilled from a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina in early February into a river that supplies drinking water for nearby towns.
Subpoenas were received this week by Duke Energy, which retired the coal-fired power plant in Eden in 2012, and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources regulator, spokesmen for the two entities said on Thursday.
U.S. prosecutors open criminal probe of Duke Energy coal ash spill | Reuters
Now McCrory's administration is part of a criminal investigation in connection with Duke Energy's recent coal ash spill...
U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether a crime was committed when thousands of tons of coal ash sludge spilled from a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina in early February into a river that supplies drinking water for nearby towns.
Subpoenas were received this week by Duke Energy, which retired the coal-fired power plant in Eden in 2012, and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources regulator, spokesmen for the two entities said on Thursday.
U.S. prosecutors open criminal probe of Duke Energy coal ash spill | Reuters