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Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced for Clean Water Act Crimes

Posted by Michael Stevens
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When will it end???  Oil and energy companies believing that they are simply above the law. Out of one side of the mouth, "we place safety and the environment as a top priority.  Out of the other side of the mouth, rampant polluting of water ways, water tables and communities, that have short and long term health implications for animals and people.

From article on 5/14/15 - WASHINGTON – Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million on environmental projects and land conservation to benefit rivers and wetlands in North Carolina and Virginia. Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. The remaining violations were discovered as the scope of the investigation broadened based on allegations of historical violations at the companies’ other facilities.

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For more information, please review this article: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/12EC4ECA30BE9A5D85257E45006B4215

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