Climate Urgency

“Delay Means Death” — CNN

February 28, 2022

Climate change is on course to transform life on Earth as we know it, and unless global warming is dramatically slowed, billions of people and other species will reach points where they can no longer adapt to the new normal, according to a major report published Monday.

Clean Energy Advocates Outline Vision for North Carolina Carbon Plan — News Release from People Power NC

January 24, 2022

People Power NC, a coalition of clean energy and social justice organizations, released 12 principles that the North Carolina Utilities Commission should consider when crafting its carbon plan for the state.

NC WARN Climate Emergency Rally!

November 29, 2021

On November 19th, 2021 NC WARN and our allies rallied outside of Gov. Roy Cooper’s mansion urging him to: Declare a climate emergency! Stop Duke Energy’s fracked gas expansion! Uplift low-income and BIPOC communities being affected the most by superstorms and high electric bills! Side with the people of North Carolina, not Duke Energy!

Groups rally outside Executive Mansion call for climate emergency declaration – CBS 17

November 19, 2021

Multiple groups with the same cause converged outside the Executive Mansion Friday to urge Gov. Roy Cooper to declare a climate emergency and stop Duke Energy from building 50 gas-burning power units.

Environmental groups call on Gov. Cooper to declare climate emergency in NC — News & Observer

November 19, 2021

A coalition of 17 energy advocacy groups gathered Friday near North Carolina’s Executive Mansion to call on Gov. Roy Cooper to become the first U.S. governor to declare a climate emergency, a step they said could be used to prevent Duke Energy from building new natural gas plants.
See coverage by CBS 17

NC Governor Heeds Duke Energy Instead of Climate Science — News Release from NC WARN

October 4, 2021

Deal over controversial energy bill leaves Duke on track to keep building 50 gas-fired units despite pleas by world scientists, new revelations on methane.

Doomed: Duke Energy’s Massive Gas Expansion — News Release from NC WARN

September 28, 2021

President Biden joins scientists’ call to cut methane emissions as fastest way to slow the climate crisis … “could be huge” says top Duke University expert.

Will Utilities Commissioners OK Duke Energy’s 50 Fracked-gas Power Units? — News Release from NC WARN

September 21, 2021

Upcoming “technical conference” is poor substitute for making Duke Energy officials answer questions under oath.

Southern utilities fiddle with inadequate emissions cuts as Earth burns — Facing South

August 18, 2021

According to the new assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — which found that global climate change is intensifying, driven by human activity, and causing extreme weather — number of years since there was as much carbon in Earth’s atmosphere: 2 million

Duke Energy Scandal, Ruling Over Influence Spending — News Release from NC WARN

August 16, 2021

Duke Energy “Influence Spending” Addressed in Mixed Ruling by NC Utilities Commission. Order comes as “worst-ever” scandal shows energy giant poured money onto state legislators in lead-up to ongoing, controversial energy bill.

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