Leading scientist urges NC Gov. Josh Stein to treat climate change as emergency, “use all the levers” to get Duke Energy off fossil fuels Today NC WARN released an 18-minute documentary that goes right at one of the world’s worst climate polluters and features a globally prominent scientist insisting that …
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Duke Energy Plans to Gamble Tens of Billions of Public Dollars and our Climate Future on Failure-prone, Experimental Reactors — NC WARN News Release
National nuclear “relapse” filled with corporate deception, taxpayer subsidies and abuse of monopoly customers; Duke officials quietly cite risk of more failures 65 times Despite cancelling 18 past reactors prior to completion, thus wasting billions of customer dollars, and while quietly loading a regulatory filing with 65 cautions of complexities …
In Statewide Ads, Top Climatologist Again Calls for Duke Energy to Stop Expanding Fossil Fuels — NC WARN News Release
NC WARN says Gov. Stein should be pushing the giant NC-based polluter A globally prominent climate scientist is again speaking out against Duke Energy’s accelerating and massive expansion of fossil fuels and its suppression of renewable power. NC WARN has launched statewide ads asking why Governor Josh Stein isn’t pushing …
Duke Energy Doubles Down on Climate Destruction and Soaring Power Bills — Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren
Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: Duke Energy’s newly filed resource plan continues the horrible record of one of the world’s worst climate polluters. Duke proposes to greatly increase methane gas for power and experimental nuclear plants while extending its burning of coal for at least 15 years. The plan slashes projections …
Business Leaders Increase Pressure on N.C. Governor to Curb Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Expansion — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diversity
Organizations and businesses can still add their names to the letter to Governor Josh Stein! Sign on here. DURHAM, N.C.— More than 200 businesses and nonprofit groups have now joined prominent climate scientists in pressing North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to challenge Duke Energy’s huge expansion of fossil fuels and …
61 Scientists Call for State Leadership vs. Giant Climate Polluter — NC WARN News Release
As flooding disasters increase, Duke Energy expands fossil fuels and suppresses solutions As the science has predicted, worsening storms, heat waves and catastrophic flooding events are increasingly devastating the people of eastern, western, and now central North Carolina. The climate situation is desperate. But 61 scientists are calling on NC …
Will NC Politicians Help Duke Energy Gamble our Power Bills and Safety on Experimental Nuclear Plants? — NC WARN News Release
NC SB 266 would shield Duke from risk – after the corporation failed 19 times building reactors NC WARN’s attorney and activists worked with Southeastern allies to help block over two dozen experimental Westinghouse reactors in the 2010s. Corner-cutting, deception and corporate arrogance were keys to the billions of dollars …
Duke Energy Has Failed 19 Times Building Nuclear Plants — NC WARN News Release
63% failure rate has wasted billions; now Duke wants customers and taxpayers stuck with even more risk for mythical reactors Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: A new analysis by NC WARN shows that Duke Energy and its subsidiaries cancelled 18 of the nuclear reactors they tried to build between …
Scores of Scientists Urge N.C. Governor to Halt Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Buildout — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diversity
WASHINGTON— More than 60 U.S. research scientists today urged North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to use his executive authority to stop Duke Energy Corp.’s fossil-fuel buildout and suppression of renewable energy solutions. These actions are critical to avoiding the worst damages of the climate emergency and to save lives, the …
Statewide Ads Urge NC Governor Stein to Stop Duke Energy’s Climate-wrecking Practices — NC WARN News Release
NC WARN has begun running this 30-second video as a statewide paid ad on TV newscasts, YouTube and other platforms. The video shows the aftermath of storms worsened by Duke Energy’s reliance on climate-wrecking fracked gas and urges Gov. Stein to take bold leadership. Static variations are on some social …