Duke Energy Reaches Deal To Excavate Coal-Ash Basins

Under a new settlement with state regulators, communities and environmental groups, Duke Energy will spend $3.5 billion to close its last nine coal-ash storage impoundments in North Carolina, bringing the company’s cost of closing all of its coal-ash sites in North and South Carolina to between $8 billion and $9 billion.

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Feds OK Environmental Review of Record-Size US Solar Farm

Plans to build the nation’s largest solar energy farm took a major step toward reality in late December with the release of the federal Bureau of Land Management’s final environmental impact statement for the proposed $1-billion Gemini Solar Project in Nevada.

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Court Orders Minnesota Enviro Review of $700M Gas Plant in Wisconsin

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission must reconsider if an environmental review is needed for a $700-million, 525-MW natural gas plant proposed for construction in neighboring Wisconsin, a Minnesota appeals court said in a Dec. 23 decision.

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Product Snapshot: Pliers and Handheld Blower

This new to the U.S. collection of pliers from SATA Tools features 26 individual or package options for automotive and industrial mechanics. 

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