Five years after the Dan River disaster, environmentalists are still urging Duke Energy to clean-up its coal ash dumps. Ridge Graham, North Carolina field coordinator for Appalachian Voices, discusses the upcoming decision NCDEQ must make regarding Duke’s storage of coal ash at six unlined basins.
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