Energy giant must halt planned fossil fuel expansion, aggressively embrace renewable energy, storage, conservation
Major NC energy bill comes down hard on the side of Duke Energy’s regulatory preferences — Charlotte Business Journal
After months of secret talks, sweeping energy bill unveiled in North Carolina — Energy News Network
By Elizabeth Ouzts The 47-page bill would close Duke Energy coal plants but require new gas-fired ones, drawing quick opposition from clean energy advocates. The Republican author said he is “guardedly optimistic” ahead of a committee discussion Thursday. After months of secret negotiations between Duke Energy, House Republican leaders, …
AG calls on NC regulators to reject Duke Energy long-term plant construction plans — Charlotte Business Journal
Breakthrough UN Report Shows Stopping New Natural Gas is Key to Averting Climate Chaos — NC WARN News Release
Cut methane emissions to avert global temperature rise, UN-backed study urges — UN News Release
The Global Methane Assessment outlines the benefits of mitigating methane, a key ingredient in smog, which include preventing some 260,000 premature deaths and 775,000 asthma-related hospital visits annually, as well as 25 million tonnes in crop losses… “Cutting methane is the strongest lever we have to slow climate change over the next 25 years.”
Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions — United Nations Report
The assessment highlights the critical role that cutting methane emissions, including from the fossil fuel industry, plays in slowing the rate of global warming. Cutting human-caused methane by 45% this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold agreed by world leaders. There are multiple benefits to acting including: the rapid …