The two-page letter below is about the burgeoning failure of Duke Energy’s nuclear pipe dream, Gov. Cooper’s criticism and NC’s broken regulatory process. ————————- November 20, 2023 Honorable Roy A. Cooper Governor of North Carolina Subject: Your criticism of Duke Energy’s plans for dozens of experimental nuclear reactors was validated …
Methane, Fracked Gas & Climate
Methane (the main component in natural gas) is 100 times as bad for the climate as carbon dioxide over the short term. Less CO2 is emitted by natural gas than by coal when burned. But significant leakage of methane before burning makes gas a disaster for the climate, as revealed even more by recent science. Yet utilities and the gas industry are still feverishly promoting fracked gas.
NC WARN is working hard to connect the dots between climate change, methane leakage and the fracking boom that is driven by demand from the electric power industry.
Learn more about our methane work here.
Watch a 3-minute video by Cornell University’s Dr. Robert Howarth describing why natural gas is a disastrous strategy for the climate. More videos, PowerPoints and documentation here.
“Everything You Need to Know About Methane”, a primer by Earthjustice.
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NC WARN Commends Governor for Expanding Criticism of Duke Energy and its Deceptive Gamble on “Hydrogen-Capable” Natural Gas — NC WARN News Release
Group presses Cooper to counter pro-Duke regulators, prevent yet another billion-dollar blunder by the nation’s largest climate-polluting utility Watchdog nonprofit NC WARN today thanked NC Gov. Roy Cooper in an open letter for expanding his recent criticism of Duke Energy’s plans to gamble the state’s climate and economic future on …
NC Governor Criticizes Duke Energy’s Pro-Carbon Plan — NC WARN News Release
Breaking rank with the corporate giant is a good first step but Cooper must do much more to become a climate protector We appreciate Gov. Roy Cooper for criticizing Duke Energy leaders’ Pro-Carbon Plan as reported today by The News & Observer. The article’s headline is Cooper criticizes Duke Energy carbon reduction …
Statewide Ad Campaign: Is NC Gov. Cooper a Climate Pretender? — NC WARN News Release
Media lawyers vetted the message; News directors and editors must put Governor on record about aligning with Duke Energy instead of scientists, solar power companies Scores of scientists and solar power companies, along with thousands of other North Carolinians, have pressed for his genuine action instead of pretense. Thousands of …
Is Gov. Roy Cooper a Climate Change Pretender? — NC WARN News Release
Watchdog group tells NC Governor to walk his talk, stop a leading climate polluter from expanding fossil fuels and suppressing renewables The North Carolina state motto is “To be, rather than to seem.” But Governor Roy Cooper continues to support a years-long pretense that Duke Energy is transitioning to a …
Powerful New Challengers Question Duke Energy’s $10 Billion Grid & Land Seizure Scheme — NC WARN News Release
Attorney General, regulators’ Public Staff among skeptics of Duke’s inflated cost projections and failure to consider cheaper alternatives that can help immediately with climate crisis It’s no wonder that Duke Energy hid plans to waste billions on new and expanded power line corridors, but forces are already aligning against the …
Investigate Duke Energy’s $10B Land Seizure and Grid Scheme, Group Tells Gov, AG — NC WARN News Release
NC WARN says Duke Energy has been hiding aggressive plans to waste billions on new and expanded, high-voltage transmission corridors that would target vulnerable communities while limiting large and local solar power projects for years.
Red States Go Renewable; Duke Holds NC Back — NC WARN News Release
Duke Energy is increasingly isolated as it expands fracked natural gas and suppresses solar Several recent advances in attitudes and actions to move the U.S. off fossil fuels are encouraging, even as the head of the United Nations last week demanded phase-out of coal, natural gas and oil while insisting …
NC Gov. Cooper Hints Duke Energy Should Stop Massive Expansion of Fracked Gas for Electricity — NC WARN News Release
We commend Raleigh’s News & Observer for putting Gov. Roy Cooper on record about Duke Energy’s huge and continuing expansion of fracked gas-fired power generation, apparently in response to an interview question about dozens of scientists calling for Cooper to halt that expansion.
From new natural gas to potential rate hikes, NC carbon reduction plan meets criticism — News And Observer
The N.C. Utilities Commission’s first-ever plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions caused by generating electricity in the state has been met with widespread criticism.