Climate Urgency

Public Interest Groups Unite to Form Duke Energy Watchdog — News Release from Duke Energy Accountability Coalition

May 7, 2020

A coalition of public interest, social justice, watchdog and environmental groups are joining forces to hold Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned U.S. electric utility, accountable for its policies, which impact almost 8 million Americans in six states – and by extension, impede the nation’s progress toward a clean energy future.

NC Climate Emergency Press Conference Highlights

April 3, 2020

Highlights from our press conference on March 13th, 2020 calling on Gov. Cooper to make North Carolina the first state to declare a climate emergency.

Editorial: Climate change is just as real as COVID-19. Now’s the last, best chance for our government to treat it that way — LA Times

March 23, 2020

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is the crisis of the moment, and a terribly serious one at that, threatening not only human lives but also the global economy. But it’s not the only crisis the world is facing, and we ought not, while confronting the immediate menace, disregard the other immense threat looming over us: global warming.

As the cost of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline soars, renewable energy is the better option for NC — News & Observer

March 16, 2020

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a long way from being constructed, but it’s already proving a leaky conduit for cash.

Youth, Impacted Communities Lead Call for North Carolina Governor to Declare Climate Emergency — NC WARN News Release

March 13, 2020

More than 70 youth, social justice, clean energy and faith groups, among others, today called on North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to join more than 1,400 local and national governments by formally declaring a climate emergency.

More Science Shows Duke Energy’s Huge Fracked Gas Expansion is Disastrous for Climate — News Release from NC WARN

March 5, 2020

A new study published in the British journal Nature has dramatically boosted earlier evidence that the accelerated use of “natural” gas by U.S. electricity corporations is a key driver of the climate crisis that has belatedly gripped the public’s attention.

Slow Burn: Wood pellets, climate change and North Carolina — News & Observer

January 3, 2020

This series on the wood pellet industry and the different views on the role of North Carolina forests in combating climate change took six months to put together, but drew on years of experience and reporting. It was produced in partnership with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

‘We’re nearing a tipping point’ for renewable energy, legislators say — Winston-Salem Journal

November 12, 2019

“I’m on the side of innovation and free markets,” Szoka said, adding that the “highly controlled monopolies” that run the industry today are approaching “a tipping point” where change is imminent. “Their best days are behind them and I think we need something else,” he said.

Natural Gas Plants — News & Observer

November 3, 2019

Letter to the Editor from Drew Shindell and Dale Evarts. It’s time for leaders across the country to stop the expansion of natural gas infrastructure.

A warning for NC on the climate cost of natural gas — Editorial

October 17, 2019

From the editorial boards of the News & Observer and Charlotte Observer. It sounded good a few years ago: natural gas, cleaner than coal and better for the environment. But now burning more natural gas is sounding like the wrong turn at the wrong time.

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