Test results of the soil near a Mooresville day care confirm what experts feared: what they call “unacceptable levels” of carcinogens and radioactivity in the coal ash placed there decades ago as fill dirt. The findings follow a WCNC Charlotte investigation that revealed the coal-burning byproduct and its toxic ingredients are not just buried...
Rock Springs Elementary, in Denver, NC, is a century old school. In 1993, part of the school burned down. In 1995 & 96, new buildings were built. At the same time, Duke Energy used the school as an experimental site for training, to install a geo-thermal injection well heating system. Duke Energy dug 300 injection wells at the school. Duke filled these well...
I began creating this map in 2018, after learning about the coal ash that has been used across North Carolina as dirt. This map will show you *Duke Energy’s fourteen contaminated coal fired plants. *Smaller coal fired plants at colleges and textiles *Coal ash reuse permits *NC Dept of Waste coal ash structural fills *NC Dept of Water coal ash structural fills...