82,000 Tons Of Coal Ash Spill From Power Plant Into N.C. River

Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:30 in Earth & Climate

Some 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water — enough to fill more than 40 Olympic swimming pools — has leaked from a North Carolina power plant and is threatening water supplies across state lines.

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