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A power plant located next to a waterway.
August 9, 2013

Water Advocates Urge Action By The EPA

By Allie Eisen  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Regulators get an earful from a roomful of citizens about coal plant pollution

June 24, 2013

North Carolina Coal Ash Pollution and the Frankenbill

By Allie Eisen  /  Washington, D.C. Office

There is a running joke in my hometown about the glowing green fish and three-headed salamanders in Lake Julian. Nestled in the center of Arden, North Carolina, and surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, this lake was once the picturesque centerpiece of the quaint Southern town. But thanks to the pollution from Progress Energy’s nearby …