North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Legislation to Regulate Coal Ash

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): RALEIGH, N.C.—North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday passed new legislation they say will regulate coal-ash pits and clean up decades of toxic waste generated by coal-burning electricity plants.

The House and Senate approved the legislation six months after a spill at a Duke Energy power plant near Eden coated 70 miles of the Dan River in toxic...

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