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Green-energy groups slam Duke Energy in ad — The Charlotte Observer

Greenpeace and NC WARN, a Durham advocacy group, attacked Duke Energy’s environmental record Wednesday in a full-page Observer ad the day before Duke’s annual shareholder meeting. Protests focused on Duke’s contributions to global warming are expected at Thursday’s meeting.

Greenpeace, NC WARN challenge Jim Rogers’ climate legacy with ad on eve of his final shareholder meeting — News Release from NC WARN

On the day before Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers’ final shareholder meeting, environmental groups published a full-page advertisement in the Charlotte Observer asking whether Rogers wants to be remembered as a hero or villain in the increasingly urgent fight to combat global warming. The groups also sent an open letter to Rogers and Duke’s Board of Directors explaining the risks to the company if it does not move toward clean energy.

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How Duke Energy can change the climate game – News & Observer

Op-Ed by Jim Warren, NC WARN. North Carolina has a unique opportunity and duty to help avert runaway climate change and repair our wounded democracy. Because the world’s second-largest electricity generator, Duke Energy, is headquartered here, North Carolina can make a huge difference – one that also makes economic sense.

2013: A Tipping Year For Climate Change? – NPR

All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden interviews author Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, on the climate crisis and what he wants to be a top priority for the next Obama administration, starting with the Keystone XL pipeline.

Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second – Associated Press

The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it’s now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal… Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victoria in Canada who was not part of the study, said: “We are losing control of our ability to get a handle on the global warming problem.”