A North Carolina utility watchdog group and well-known critic of Duke Energy joined six other environmental, labor and religious organizations Wednesday to petition North Carolina’s attorney general to force Duke to amend its corporate charter due to “a persistent pattern of criminal activity” of harming the environment.
Duke Energy – Koch Cabal Beats Down Solar in NC — News Release from NC WARN
North Carolinians Impacted by Coal Ash Launch Alliance [with video] — ABC 11
People impacted by coal ash in North Carolina form alliance [with video] — WBTV News
North Carolina Residents Impacted by Coal Ash Launch Alliance — News Release from NC WARN, Appalachian Voices, and Clean Water for NC
Residents from across the state gathered in Raleigh today to announce a new alliance of North Carolinians directly impacted by coal ash and to call on Duke Energy, the General Assembly, the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, and Governor McCrory to find permanent, safe solutions for coal ash that protect all communities from the toxic waste.
Hijacking conservatism in the renewable energy wars — News & Observer
A Church Challenges Duke Energy Over Solar — WUNC
The church, it turns out, did not pay to install the solar panels, like a homeowner would. Instead, NC Warn, an advocacy group, paid for the panels and is selling electricity back to the church at about half the rate Duke Energy charges.
It’s called third-party sales, and it’s illegal in just four states in the country: North Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Florida.
Community fights plans to move coal ash to clay mines — Winston Salem Journal
Don’t Buy Duke Energy Deception on Emissions — News Release from NC WARN
Duke Energy is telling the news media it is already on track to meet carbon reduction targets in the new EPA Clean Power Plan, which calls for 32 percent lower emissions from electric power plants by 2030. This is countered by available data and appears to be a dangerous fiction – more greenwashing of the corporate image.
Naomi Klein: Obama Is Beginning to Sound Like a Climate Leader, When Will He Act Like One? — Democracy Now
As scientists warn 2015 is on pace to become the Earth’s hottest year on record, President Obama has unveiled his long-awaited plan to slash carbon emissions from U.S. power plants. But does the plan go far enough? Democracy Now speaks to Naomi Klein, author of the best-selling book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.”