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        March 21, 2014 -
        
  
        Legal and regulatory pressure is building against North Carolina-based Duke Energy over its chronic mismanagement of toxic waste from coal-fired power plants. Meanwhile, environmental watchdogs using a hidden camera busted a Kentucky utility illegally dumping coal ash wastewater into the Ohio River.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        February 26, 2013 -
        
  
        BP could be on the hook for as much as $21 billion in fines for its 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster. An effective investment strategy would address both environmental and economic interests.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        November 1, 2012 -
        
  
        The Kansas-based oil and chemical conglomerate headed by billionaire financiers of the anti-regulatory right has dramatically increased its contributions to North Carolina politics as the state grapples with fracking and other key energy issues.