Jim Warren

Duke Energy wants to raise rates — and you probably won’t like why — News & Record

March 24, 2018

First off, let’s face the hard truth. After several weeks of expert testimony that ended Thursday in Raleigh, it’s a pretty good bet your light bill is going up later this year. Like it or not, your bill’s probably going up to deal with coal ash waste generated for decades by coal-fired power plants and never given a proper burial.

UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals — The Washington Post

March 23, 2018

Scientists meeting in Colombia issued four regional reports Friday on how well animal and plants are doing in the Americas; Europe and Central Asia; Africa; and the Asia-Pacific area. Their conclusion after three years of study : Nowhere is doing well.

Duke Energy’s Libel Threat, Climate-Wrecking & Subversion of Democracy — News Release from NC WARN

March 22, 2018

Support for our CEO challenge grows – including the national Americans Against Fracking alliance of 300 groups. See the letter we sent to Duke CEO Lynn Good today for the full list of organizations that have endorsed our call for her to get on the right side of climate history.

Duke eyes building a gas-turbine power plant on campus. Environmentalists wary. Why? — The Herald Sun

March 16, 2018

Duke University ought to conduct a “bottom-up” review of its energy needs, one open to community groups, before deciding to do anything like allowing a utility to install a gas-turbine power plant on campus, a coalition of environmental and political groups says. The coalition includes Durham’s People’s Alliance, the city’s single most influential political organization, and weighed in on March 9 via a letter to Duke President Vince Price.

Tell University President Price to Come Clean About Fracked Gas Plant — Alert from NC WARN

March 14, 2018

After plans for a fracked gas-burning plant on Duke University’s campus were twice delayed by campus and community voices, the university appears to be trying to sneak past concerned students, community members and alumni in order to allow Duke Energy to build the plant on campus – and force its other customers to pay for it.

How Climate Activists Failed to Make Clear the Problem with Natural Gas — Yale Environment 360

March 13, 2018

The climate movement’s biggest failure has been its inability to successfully make the case that natural gas is not a clean replacement for other fossil fuels. So as natural gas has boomed, U.S. emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have increased dramatically.

Duke Energy threatens advocacy group with legal action over financial claims — News & Observer

March 13, 2018

Duke Energy has escalated its longstanding feud against NC WARN with a demand, sent from the company’s legal department, that NC WARN remove information from its web site about Duke’s financial practices.

Environmentalists call out Duke Energy over ‘influence spending’ — WRAL

March 11, 2018

Duke Energy spends tens of millions a year in North Carolina on lobbying, public relations and advertising, focusing in its most recent TV and radio spots on the “smarter energy future” it’s working toward…Why does a monopoly need to advertise?

Duke Energy’s Influence Money Challenged in Today’s Rate Case — News Release from NC WARN

March 5, 2018

Charlotte-based Duke Energy uses more than $80 million annually to influence government officials, civic leaders, news media and the public – and its monopoly-captive customers are forced to pay the bill.
WRAL: Environmentalists call out Duke Energy over ‘influence spending’
News & Observer: Duke Energy threatens advocacy group with legal action over financial claims
Duke Energy response: Cease and desist demand

Search for the Super Battery — NOVA

February 28, 2018

We live in an age when technological innovation seems to be limitlessly soaring. But for all the satisfying speed with which our gadgets have improved, many of them share a frustrating weakness: the batteries.