"Right now, the cost is being borne by communities, by people drinking contaminated water" Coal-Ash Spill May Cost Utilities Billions in Rules (Update1) By...
"The state labels coal-ash dikes at Duke's Marshall, Riverbend, Buck and Dan River plants as `high hazard.' " The Charlotte Observer, Friday, Jan. 02, 2009 ...
WXLX, Associated Press - January 4, 2009 Judge: Duke Energy misled jurors about witness EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that lawyers for Duke...
Thu Jan 8, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volatile markets have saddled U.S. companies with a $409 billion deficit on pension plans, reversing a $60 billion surplus...
"Duke Energy Corp. -- Gaston County -- 143,400 tons" Friday January 9 By The Associated Press List of power plants in each state with coal ash ponds Power...
"We'd like them to look at whether or not there's even a need for this plant. Its cost is escalating at the same time that energy demand in Duke's Midwestern...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will immediately begin to assess the hundreds of coal ash disposal sites at power plants across the country in the...
"Others get the power; Duke gets its profits, and we get the poison" Triangle Business Journal, Friday, January 16, 2009 Controversy grows over Duke plant by...
Smokey Mountain News Effort to end Duke fight fails in Jackson County By Josh Mitchell, 1/21/09 An effort to end a six-year-long dispute between Jackson County...
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp on Wednesday sold $750 million in five-year senior notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. The size of the deal was...
"You can't reclassify such a large polluter and expect the pollution to go away" The News & Observer Perdue faces power plant issue Duke Energy wants its...
"Unfortunately, mercury is only one of almost 60 toxins Cliffside will emit" The Charlotte Observer, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 Cliffside needs tightest air...
"Reid has made it clear he was going to make Yucca Mountain bleed" Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jan. 29, 2009 PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP: Yucca might be cut more...
"exposure to radium- and arsenic-containing particulates in the ash could have severe health implications" Analysis finds toxins high in contained ash spill ...
"But if you can, seek an employer offering a traditional pension" For Retirement Security: Get a Pension By Emily Brandon December 23, 2008 Simply finding a...
"Indeed, the current pension system is making everyday retirement insecurity worse" BusinessWeek, January 21, 2009 Why You'll Work Through Your Retirement The...
"Long-term burial in Yucca Mountain is not the answer" Las Vegas Sun, Sun, Feb 1, 2009 Yucca is no solution to energy crisis Richard Stallings Mesquite — For...
Report to Expose Duke Energy's Real 'Green Power Initiative' in North Carolina: Political Contributions Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Contributions from...
"Rogers said the company will look to cut costs further this year." The Charlotte Observer, Thursday, Feb. 05, 2009 Duke Energy reports profit boost, wants...
The Denver Post, 02/08/2009 Ledbetter fair-pay bill may be lifeline for pension suit By Felisa Cardona Last month, a court dismissed a 2004 lawsuit filed by...
"A Duke Energy spokesman said residents are responsible for making sure they are being charged the correct rate." Winston-Salem News Duke Energy Overcharged...
"When politicians let big corporations `pay to play' in rigging the rules regulating their industry, the results can be disastrous…" The Charlotte Observer,...
FOX 5 News, Las Vegas Yucca Contractors Slashing Jobs USA Repository Service Plans To Cut 500 Jobs February 16, 2009 LAS VEGAS -- Contractors for the Yucca...
"No new nuclear power plants have been approved since the 1970s" Reuters NRC adopts 1 million year rule for Yucca Mountain Tuesday, February 17 The U.S....
NRLN Points Out Harm Being Done To Retirees The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule implemented on December 27, 2007 that allowed employers to reduce...
"Some parties contended that Duke stood to make windfall profits" SC state regulators reject Duke Energy program Friday February 27 By Katrina A. Goggins,...
The Associated Press Duke Energy plan gets partial approval Published: February 27, 2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. The S.C. Public Service Commission has rejected Duke...
"The utility has loaded a majority of costs into a flat-rate monthly charge" The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 27, 2009 Group opposes Duke rate hike By Mike...
"Duke paid Rogers $9.9 million in 2007, down from $12.9 million the year before" Business Courier of Cincinnati, Friday, February 27, 2009 Duke's Rogers...
Nevada Appeal, March 6, 2009 Yucca no longer option for waste site By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — For two decades, a ridge of...