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>> reporter: officials for the electric utility claim the pumping was part of routine maintenance and was monitored according to the plant permit. state regulators begged to differ. duke energy is the same company being investigated by federal regulators for a massive spill of coal ash waste water last month. . og#wvs#q)pst;v?2v.ac=u÷jf&ée
Spying on one another. which is saturday because you're thinking we should be looking for the people and the plane but sadly these are the political issues and national issues we have to deal with. >> let alone the united states shows up and we're like "hey, turn over your data" and they're like "no." i'm sure we would do the same thing. >> we would. imagine malaysia saying "bring over your raw data." we'd look at them and say "absolutely not. you can't come near here, whatever you need comes through us." >> evie, thank you so much. always so inciteful. a utility company in north carolina fa...
At the coal ash ponds along the river was part of routine maintenance. the company said they had notified state regulators last fall they were doing it and it was a perfectly legal action. state regulators said, no, that's not how it went. state regulators said they only learned of the pumping when they stumbled across it last week as part of their statewide tour of coal ash pits after the dan river mega spill. when we asked duke energy about it today, they told us this routine maintenance happens all over the state, across north carolina, wherever they need to do it and wherever their permits...
After they posted those pictures, the story got written up in "the new york times" and "l.a. times." this is national news now what's going on in north carolina, ever since duke energy's coal ash pond on the dan river in eden, north carolina, broke loose super bowl sunday and coated the river bottom for 70 miles. tons of toxic sludge fouling the river and drinking water has a way of forcing an issue, not just in that one place, but everywhere. this weekend duke energy told "the new york times" the pumping at the coal ash ponds along the river was part of routine maintenance. the company said t...
"we're not going to comment on the details of in he specific e-mails, but we do communicate with regulators." the environmental law group is saying this shows an inappropriate relationship between duke and state regulators. what do you make of them? >> well, it does show they were cozy. you know, the allegation has been that when the so were environmental law center sought to use the clean water act, a provision to allow citizens groups essentially to file lawsuits in federal court when state officials have not taken action. and duke's coal ash ponds have been polluting groundwater for years. ...