"WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled a lawsuit with North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp., requiring the company to spend more than $5 million in penalties and other costs as it resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations.

The United States initially sued the company in 2000, and the case continually made headlines over the years. The two sides were headed to trial next month.

Duke, in a release Thursday morning, said it denied the alleged violations and that it “complied fully with federal law.” It is settling the case, it said, solely to avoid the costs and uncertainties of continued litigation."

Chris Adams reports for the McClatchy Washington Bureau September 10, 2015. [2]

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