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Duke Energy wants coal, gas for rising power needs. Clean-energy groups object. — The News & Observer| NC WARN
By Martha Quillin Duke Energy expects North Carolina’s electricity demands to soar over the next 15 years and says it will meet the need reliably and affordably by building new gas and nuclear power plants and extending the lives of its aging coal-fired plants. Clean-energy advocates have assailed the company’s […]| NC WARN
Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: Duke Energy’s newly filed resource plan continues the horrible record of one of the world’s worst climate polluters. Duke proposes to greatly increase methane gas for power and experimental nuclear plants while extending its burning of coal for at least 15 years. The plan slashes projections […]| NC WARN
DURHAM, N.C.— More than 200 businesses and nonprofit groups have now joined prominent climate scientists in pressing North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to challenge Duke Energy’s huge expansion of fossil fuels and suppression of renewable power. In a letter sent to Stein today, the groups said Trump policies that will […] The post Business Leaders Increase Pressure on N.C. Governor to Curb Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Expansion — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diversity ...| NC WARN
As flooding disasters increase, Duke Energy expands fossil fuels and suppresses solutions| NC WARN
NC SB 266 would shield Duke from risk – after the corporation failed 19 times building reactors NC WARN’s attorney and activists worked with Southeastern allies to help block over two dozen experimental Westinghouse reactors in the 2010s. Corner-cutting, deception and corporate arrogance were keys to the billions of dollars […] The post Will NC Politicians Help Duke Energy Gamble our Power Bills and Safety on Experimental Nuclear Plants? — NC WARN News Release appeared first on NC WARN.| NC WARN
63% failure rate has wasted billions; now Duke wants customers and taxpayers stuck with even more risk for mythical reactors| NC WARN
Duke Energy Corporation is sidestepping detailed allegations about its role in a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about the dangers of fossil fuels, worsening the climate crisis and costing a North Carolina town millions of dollars in damages, according to a legal filing today from the town of Carrboro.| NC WARN
WASHINGTON— More than 60 U.S. research scientists today urged North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to use his executive authority to stop Duke Energy Corp.’s fossil-fuel buildout and suppression of renewable energy solutions. These actions are critical to avoiding the worst damages of the climate emergency and to save lives, the […] The post Scores of Scientists Urge N.C. Governor to Halt Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Buildout — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diversity appe...| NC WARN
NC WARN has begun running this 30-second video as a statewide paid ad on TV newscasts, YouTube and other platforms. The video shows the aftermath of storms worsened by Duke Energy’s reliance on climate-wrecking fracked gas and urges Gov. Stein to take bold leadership. Static variations are on some social […] The post Statewide Ads Urge NC Governor Stein to Stop Duke Energy’s Climate-wrecking Practices — NC WARN News Release appeared first on NC WARN.| NC WARN
Climate Lawsuit, Soaring Global Heat Spur Call to End Decades of Deception DURHAM, N.C. – Today 150 environmental, social justice, faith and youth organizations and businesses from across the country called on North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to confront Duke Energy Corp.’s expansion of planet-warming fossil fuels and obstruction of […] The post 150 Businesses, Groups Urge N.C. Governor to Rein in Fossil Fuel-Friendly Duke Energy — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diver...| NC WARN
A top climate expert leads 45 scientists in writing a letter calling for Gov. Roy Cooper and Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good to stop Duke's gas expansion.| NC WARN
Governor, Attorney General being pressed over damage to the solar industry, and over grid projects that would hamper climate action and harm communities| NC WARN
Land seizure, secrecy, broken trust are keys to Duke’s unneeded grid expansions.| NC WARN
Duke Energy seeks to block regulatory and media/public debate over NC WARN’s sweeping solar alternative to Dukes’ PRO-Carbon Plan The renowned Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the University of Texas-Austin (UTA) each have new studies showing that using clean energy resources at the local level can save customers millions, protect […]| NC WARN
Everything Duke Energy leaders propose is very high risk, extremely costly and would guarantee failure for climate efforts.| NC WARN
NC WARN’s sweeping new Sharing Solar campaign coincides with years of advocacy by leading proponents of a US transition to renewable energy| NC WARN
Post-Helene: Making the System More Resilient Expanding solar-plus-storage can greatly improve the ability of our grid to withstand and recover from storms, equipment failures and acts of malice. That’s why NC WARN is proposing Sharing Solar, a fresh approach that can begin right away and expand quickly to spread local […]| NC WARN
