DENR tries to block coal ash cleanup agreement

"It wasn't our idea, so we won't support it":

North Carolina's environmental officials moved Wednesday to stop an agreement that would commit Duke Energy to scooping out and moving coal ash from three more unlined and leaking pits.

Duke and a coalition of environmental groups last month agreed that, if a judge approved, the energy giant would commit itself to excavating the coal ash from three additional power plants: Cape Fear in Moncure, H.F Lee in Goldsboro and Weatherspoon near Lumberton.

And what's even crazier, one of the stated reasons DENR is trying to legally intervene is to avoid future legal interventions. Isn't that like smacking somebody so other people will feel sorry for that person and less likely to smack them? Here's more from the SELC:

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