Commerce Department and Governor’s Office must disclose state activities and dollars used to recruit community-harming corporations; media outlets invited to join Today NC WARN’s attorney filed a public records request with both the Department of Commerce and the Governor’s Office demanding the release of all records relating to state personnel …
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Flagrant Foul Called Against Polluters and State Officials Pushing Secretive Data Centers, Pipelines – and Power Plants — NC WARN News Release
NC Governor Stein must stop the backroom scheming and lead a moratorium on data centers NC WARN is calling a flagrant foul against corporate polluters – and state officials – for their use of persistent secrecy and deception in the targeting of communities across North Carolina for noxious data centers …
North Carolina Falls Behind as World Advances in Solar, Renewables — NC WARN News Release
Duke Energy is leading NC in the wrong direction of dirty, expensive power Durham, N.C. – While the rest of the world makes promising advancements in solar, wind, and battery storage technologies, North Carolina remains a climate laggard instead of a climate leader. Duke Energy’s massive planned expansion of fracked …
Data Center Scandal Grows; NC Governor Must Ban Duke Energy Monopoly from “24/7” Recruiting Used to Justify $63 Billion Expansion — NC WARN News Release
State regulator’s expert calls for data center moratorium after Duke execs’ testimony indicates no other reason for massive buildout of gas-fired and nuclear power plants Watchdog NC WARN today called on Gov. Josh Stein to lead efforts to ban a state-sanctioned monopoly from aggressively recruiting hotly contested data centers – …
Scandal at Duke Energy Hearing Kills the Case for $63 Billion Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Expansion — NC WARN News Release
Duke CEO admits “24/7” recruiting of data centers; regulator decries corporate focus on profits over public, calls for pause on new data centers Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: Durham, N.C. – In a regulatory hearing this week, Duke Energy’s top executives admitted that they recruit the very data centers …
Duke Energy Recruits Data Centers to NC Using Millions of Customer Dollars Each Year — NC WARN News Release
New info bolsters need for NC Governor Josh Stein and the legislature to stop the climate- and rate-wrecking corporate polluter from building unneeded power plants Why is a monopoly corporate utility allowed to recruit more and more power-hungry businesses into its territory? And why is it allowed to spend millions …