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Under court settlement, no coal ash for Colon mine in Lee County


The Colon Mine is five miles north of Sanford; under a recent settlement, the former clay mine will not receive coal ash, as previously permitted. (Map: DEQ)
Coal ash will not be disposed of in a former clay mine in Lee County, according to a settlement between three environmental groups, Charah, Inc., and the NC Department of Environmental Quality.
After a five-year legal battle, Charah has agreed that it would not deposit ash in the Colon mine, five miles north of Sanford, in Lee County. The state had originally permitted Charah to put 8 million tons of coal ash on the 411-acre site. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140221:09:10:00

Experts who have different theories and opinions. i m saying, look, i m not ready to say which is right or wrong. turns out that view is shared by the governor of north carolina who put mr. skvarla in charge of environmental issues for the state. this was pat mccrory in north carolina when he was running for governor in 2008. he was asked by an interviewer about global warming. it s in god s hands. frankly, the world has been warming for a long time and back in the 70s, if you look at the covers of newsweek and time, we were getting cold. it s in god s hands. it s one thing to have an abstract debate about not just climate change but whether or not science is a thing. whether or not science is real. but any abstract concerns about having people who deny science serving in public office became very concrete, very real concerns in north carolina this past super bowl sunday. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140221:05:13:00

The environment. the answer is, he says, nobody knows at this point in time. nobody knows. is oil a fossil fuel? nobody knows. is there climate change? nobody knows. should coal ash pits that are leaking toxins be cleaned up and moved somewhere safer? nobody knows. actually on all of those fronts, everybody knows. this is not a he said/she said thing. there is scientific consensus on all of these matters. luckily for north carolina, the smart local press in north carolina knows that, too. look at this. wral asked the agency, mr. skvarla s agency for a citation or source for the alleged concerns about environmental risks of cleaning up and moving these coal ash ponds. the agency was unable to provide any citation. a renowned national expert on coal ash ponds at duke university says that s because there isn t one. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140221:05:09:00

Understanding where oil came from. to understanding how ole die derives from things that are millions of years old. it can t be from stuff that s millions of years old if we ve only been here a couple thousands years and the whole world, too. if you need a theory that tells you we re making new oil all the time, world net daily has one for you. also president obama s secretly gay. yeah. in that same interview, as he was taking office, pat mccrory s top environmental official, mr. skvarla also said, of course, he does not necessarily believe in climate change. first off, do you think climate change is a fact? i think climate change is a science, and i think science is constantly in need of scrutiny. i have studied this every day for almost ten years and i know there s great divergence of opinion on the science of climate and a whole lot of ....

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