Jim Warren

Letters to the future: Will we finally tackle climate change? — INDY Week

November 25, 2015

NC WARN is honored to be among the voices in this special issue of INDY Week. Letters to the Future is a national project involving more than 40 alternative weeklies across the United States in which authors, artists, scientists and others draft letters to future generations of their own families, predicting the success or failure of the Paris climate talks—and the future that followed.

Church fights Duke Energy for 3rd party solar energy — ABC 11

November 24, 2015

At Faith Community Church, there’s a sense that they’re living the story of David and Goliath because the small church in Greensboro is going up against Duke Energy. “We’re doing it for a lot of reasons,” said Rev. Nelson Johnson, pastor at Faith Community Church. “I thought it would be a wonderful thing to get a lower cost of energy and reduce the carbon footprint, and thereby be consistent as good stewards of the Earth.”

NAACP, Allies Call on Governor to Get Ahead of Job Losses in Coal-power Communities — News Release from NC WARN

November 24, 2015

An alliance of social justice, labor and environmental groups today called on Governor Pat McCrory to plan ahead for the inevitable closure of coal-fired power plants by appointing a “green ribbon panel” to help coal plant employees and their communities transition to the growing sector of green energy jobs.

Church-Solar Test Case Draws Broad Support — News Release from NC WARN

November 23, 2015

Duke Energy seeks massive penalty against NC WARN, but the Christian Coalition and other faith and conservation groups join the state and national solar industry to seek an end to monopoly control of rooftop.

Church Fights Duke Energy for 3rd Party Solar — ABC 11 News [includes video]

Duke Energy is going after solar panels on churches in North Carolina now — Daily Kos

November 12, 2015

Greensboro North Carolina’s residents have been outfitting their places over the past few months with new, inexpensive solar power. Duke Energy, best known for poisoning the Earth, is not at all happy with this development and are a wealthy corporation—so it’s law time.

TPO showdown: Duke faces off against greens over NC church’s solar array — Utility Dive

November 12, 2015

An advocacy group in North Carolina is trying to advance third party-owned solar through civil disobedience.

Op-Ed: David and Goliath struggle over solar power — News & Observer

November 11, 2015

Duke Energy is at it again, fighting to restrict access to solar energy in North Carolina and this time threatening a small nonprofit and African-American church in the process.

Op-Ed: Chapel Hill and Carrboro should buy their electric grids — Daily Tar Heel

November 9, 2015

The democratization of the energy sector is coming, but Duke Energy is digging in its heels. Its decision to challenge environmental group N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network is an indication that the utility company will stop at nothing to prevent the transition to a clean energy economy.

Duke Asks NCUC to Hammer Citizen Group — Conservation Insider Bulletin

November 9, 2015

For their temerity in providing cheap electricity to a low-income church, utility goliath Duke Energy wants a nonprofit citizen group hit with fines up to $120,000.

Op-Ed: Eliminate Duke’s grip on renewables — Charlotte Observer

November 9, 2015

Duke Energy has asked the N.C. Utilities Commission to fine a small nonprofit group, NC WARN, $1,000 per day for selling solar energy to a church in Greensboro. The irony and hypocrisy are thicker than the sludge in a Duke Energy coal ash pond. Response from Duke Energy.