Duke Energy’s recent coal ash injustice, a tragedy for nearby and downstream communities, has now expanded into an enormous toxic waste challenge… The goals should be to prevent further harm to people and wildlife; to detoxify the rivers, ground and groundwater; and to ensure that Duke Energy – not its customers – pays the full cost after poorly managing its toxic waste for so many years.
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Enviros: Keep coal ash out of NC landfills — WRAL
Two environmental groups are warning state leaders against allowing Duke Energy to clean up its coal ash pits in North Carolina by shipping the ash to solid-waste landfills.
Federal grand jury to consider possible wrongdoing in coal ash spill — WBTV, Charlotte
A federal grand jury convened in Raleigh as part of a criminal investigation triggered by the massive coal ash spill from Duke Energy.
Duke Energy’s Coal Ash Negligence
The Alliance of Carolinians Together (ACT) Against Coal Ash is a statewide coalition working to hold Duke Energy accountable for its coal ash mess.
On January 14, 2016, ACT invited Governor Pat McCrory to have dinner with people living near Duke coal ash dumps and hear their side of the story.
Photo by Phil Fonville.
It’s abrupt climate change, stupid
This is not how it was supposed to happen. The standard climate change predictions said that people in the tropics and the sub-tropics would be badly hurt by global warming long before the people living in the temperate zones, farther away from the equator, were feeling much pain at all.
For Duke’s Jim Rogers, a green energy legacy with shades of gray — Charlotte Observer
Jim Rogers’ seven-year run atop Duke Energy ends this month. He was a chief executive in the energy industry for 25 years. Harder to measure is Rogers’ extraordinary influence over the air we breathe and the temperature of the planet he’ll leave to his 11 grandchildren.
US Navy predicts summer ice free Arctic by 2016 — The Guardian
An ongoing US Department of Energy-backed research project led by a US Navy scientist predicts that the Arctic could lose its summer sea ice cover as early as 2016 – 84 years ahead of conventional model projections.
What’s In It For U.S. To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions? — NPR
In the coming decades, carbon dioxide emissions from China, India and other rapidly developing countries are expected to grow quickly … some people are asking why the U.S. should bear the expense involved in slashing its own emissions.
NC Utility Warrior Seeks a Greener Peace — News & Observer
Jim Warren…is by vocation a scrapper who for years has taken on one of the biggest powers in North Carolina – its electric utilities.
Fracking: Gangplank to Climate Chaos
Read our October 2013 fact sheet on fracking.