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!

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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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“Climate change is not an environmental issue. It is a systemic issue that will impact just about everything in our lives.”

– Daniel Zarrilli, Chief Resilience Officer, City of New York

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LATEST NEWS

NC Utility Customers: Know Your Rights and Resources — Appalachian Voices

Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of households in North Carolina have fallen behind on their electric, gas and/or water bills as a result of the pandemic and economic crisis. At the end of November, more than 650,000 households were past due on their bills, owing nearly $150 million. Appalachian Voices has put together a detailed guide to help you “Know Your Rights” as a utility customer, especially if you are facing disconnection because you cannot pay your bill.

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Editorial: Climate change remains the greatest crisis of our crisis-filled era — Los Angeles Times

As the nation deals with the tragic drama of President Trump’s final days in office, and the world reels under a now-year-long assault by a virus, the Earth continues to evolve into a dangerously inhospitable environment. And it is our collective fault.

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Duke Energy Plans Increased Coal Use, 50 New Fracked-gas Units — NC WARN News Release

Despite “climate plan” and greenwashing TV ads, 15-year Carolinas plan leaves Duke a national laggard on cheaper renewable power. In the Carolinas, Duke plans to greatly expand its burning of fracked gas – and expand coal use – even as dozens of its gas units sit totally unused, while continuing to limit the growth of cheaper renewable power.

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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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