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Related: About this forumFrom The "Suddenly Paying Attention" Dept. - NC Residents Angry At Duke Plan To Pay For Cleanup
MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE, N.C.
Dozens of people packed a meeting Monday night outraged that Duke Energy may try to force its customers to pay to clean up all the coal ash ponds across the state, including the four in our area. They said Duke Energy has gotten away with poisoning their water supply for too long so they asked state leaders to step in and hold them accountable.
Residents of Mountain Island Lake said they're ready for a fight. We love Mountain Island Lake, Sarah Behnke, a resident said. It is frustrating when you're an individual and you live in this community and you live with it in your back yard. And you have a company that's so big and so powerful that they have been able to call the shots.
For years they say Duke Energy has spilled the toxic coal ash into Charlotte's main water supply. Now, residents could be forced to foot the bill to clean it all up.
Concerned residents who attended the meeting Monday in southwest Charlotte called on state leaders to step in and hold Duke Energy accountable. I really don't think that it's fair for average taxpayers and ratepayers to pay for a disaster or accident that was not of their doing, said Rep. Rodney Moore.
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http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/residents-outraged-about-possibility-paying-coal-a/nd9Zx/
Demeter
(85,373 posts)It's touching, isn't it? That an entire state could be so out of touch with reality...
pscot
(21,024 posts)out of touch with reality.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I'm sure the repubs have their suppression efforts ready. I wonder how many of the 'values' voters will be willing to give up some of their hate for a more livable state.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)... tiny attention-span, low-intelligence, short-term morons.
How do you think they got into this situation in the first place?
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)residents. Now will the rest of Charlotte get angry about coal ash drinking water?