To: Governor Roy Cooper
Come Clean, McCrory!
Progress North Carolina Action
Dear Gov. McCrory,
Every North Carolinian has a right to clean water and a clean government.
To guarantee those rights, you must come clean. We are asking you to: (1) Clean up our water supply, (2) Require Duke Energy to clean up its dangerous coal ash quickly, and (3) Come clean on any ties you still have with Duke Energy. Any disclosure must include communications between Duke employees and your administration, and political contributions to you and your allies, such as Renew North Carolina.
You must also disclose the full value of any Duke Energy stock you or your family own. We are also asking all members of your administration to do the same, particularly employees and appointees serving in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Governor, you have mud on your hands as dark as the bottom of the Dan River. The only way to wash your hands of this ugly episode is to come clean now!
Every North Carolinian has a right to clean water and a clean government.
To guarantee those rights, you must come clean. We are asking you to: (1) Clean up our water supply, (2) Require Duke Energy to clean up its dangerous coal ash quickly, and (3) Come clean on any ties you still have with Duke Energy. Any disclosure must include communications between Duke employees and your administration, and political contributions to you and your allies, such as Renew North Carolina.
You must also disclose the full value of any Duke Energy stock you or your family own. We are also asking all members of your administration to do the same, particularly employees and appointees serving in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Governor, you have mud on your hands as dark as the bottom of the Dan River. The only way to wash your hands of this ugly episode is to come clean now!
Why is this important?
On Feb. 2nd, a coal ash pond belonging to Duke Energy spilled 30,000 to 40,000 tons of toxin-laced ash into the Dan River, coating 70 miles of riverbed with toxic sludge. Yet Duke Energy may be able to evade responsibility for the disaster and for cleaning up its coal ash lagoons because of their cozy relationship with high-ranking McCrory appointees and employees within NC's environmental regulatory agency.