Building People Power

For Energy & Climate Justice

Climate change is very close to moving past a point of no return, accelerating under its own momentum no matter what humans do.

It is already devastating millions of people, especially low-wealth communities who are least responsible for causing it. NC WARN tackles this crisis by vigorously pressing Duke Energy to join — or at least stop impeding — the clean energy revolution. Because North Carolina deserves better than pollution and cronyism.

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Make a positive impact by joining our advocacy efforts. Your voice matters in the fight for climate and energy justice!

All Campaigns

Tell Governor Cooper: Stop Duke’s Stealth Gas Expansion
Tell the governor we need his climate leadership. Ask him to declare a statewide climate emergency to stop new fossil fuel pipelines and power plants. LEARN MORE 
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Tell Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good that we’d all rather work with her — rather than keep fighting
The time is right now to stop expanding fossil fuels and work together to avert runaway climate chaos. LEARN MORE 
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Help End the Duke Energy Monopoly
NC WARN helped convene the Energy Justice North Carolina coalition to open this state to competition. LEARN MORE 
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Join Clean Path 2025
NC WARN's Clean Path 2025 strategy replaces fossil fuels with local solar plus battery storage. Action Teams around the state are working with local governments to make real their recent pledges to help slow the accelerating climate crisis. LEARN MORE 
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“[Don't] be what I would call an ‘intelligent denier,’ which is what you are if you don’t take the actions that the climatologists say we must take.”

– S. David Freeman, Presidential energy advisor and former general manager, LA Dept. of Water & Power

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LATEST NEWS

Prominent Climate Scientist Leads Call for NC Governor, Duke Energy CEO to Halt Gas Expansion and Turn to Clean, Cheaper Options — News Release from NC WARN

A globally prominent expert on methane’s impacts on the climate is urging Governor Roy Cooper and Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good to lead a cooperative effort for North Carolina to help slow the global climate emergency. In a letter signed by 40 former EPA officials from this state, Dr. Drew Shindell said lessons from the ongoing pandemic and the cancelled Atlantic Coast fracked gas Pipeline (ACP) provide a critically important opportunity to spring forward to a more equitable and economically timely “new normal” while a return to business as usual could be disastrous.
See the Op-Ed Running in the N&O, Charlotte Observer, Durham Herald-Sun, NC Policy Watch, and the Fayetteville Observer

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Persistent Opposition to Duke Energy’s Rate Hikes as Hearings Approach — News Release from NC WARN

As a long-awaited hearing begins next Monday, attorneys for NC WARN and allies will firmly oppose Duke Energy’s request for yet another electricity rate hike even as the Utilities Commission’s Public Staff and other parties recently announced settlements with Duke on portions of the rate request.
See coverage by WFAE

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Legal Action Challenges Duke Energy’s Buildout of Unapproved Gas-fired Power Units — News Release from NC WARN, Allies

Climate-justice groups filed a legal petition with the North Carolina Utilities Commission today asserting that Duke Energy — one of the top polluting U.S. utilities — is violating state law by quietly building large amounts of inefficient gas-burning capacity without commission approval.
See coverage of our petition in The Charlotte Business Journal

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Toxic Legacy of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Requires State Investigation — News Release from NC WARN

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline was cancelled last week, but 80,000 large steel pipes have been stored improperly for over four years, posing an immediate risk of toxic air and water exposures to multiple communities and increasing the risk of a catastrophic gas explosion if the pipes are used at another project. That’s according to a report by a career state regulator being filed today with NC Department of Environmental Quality secretary Michael Regan.

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