Saturday, March 1, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC: Duke Energy could avoid coal ash lawsuit if SC bill passes | Business | The State



sfretwell@thestate.comFebruary 28, 2014 Updated 6 hours ago
Under pressure from South Carolina’s influential business lobby, the Legislature agreed in 2012 to limit citizens lawsuits under SouthCarolina’s pollution statute. But lawmakers left what many say is a
gaping loophole in the 2012 law that they are now trying to close with a bill to protect businesses from citizen suits. The 2012 law still allows citizens to sue for pollution that occurred before the law passed in June of that year.


Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/28/3297862/duke-energy-could-avoid-coal-ash.html#storylink=cpy

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