Subpoena caps bad week for fossil fuel

by Wilson Dizard @willdizard at Al Jazeera America February 13, 2014 

US attorney’s office seeks documents related to Feb. 2 spill of coal ash into a river in North Carolina

The Dan River as it appeared after the coal ash spill Feb. 5, three days after the accident.

Gerry Broome/AP

Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the massive coal ash spill into North Carolina’s Dan River, targeting both the energy company responsible for the ash pond that leaked and the state’s environmental regulator.