NC WARN says Duke, Southern and others are gouging ratepayers for billions, blocking renewables By Herman K. Trabish The state-by-state fight between utilities and renewables advocates just went national. A North Carolina group has asked federal regulators to investigate Duke Energy, the Southern Company, and other big Southeastern utilities for …
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Solarize NC
Visit our Solarize website to check on the progress of Solarize the Triangle 2016 and to learn how North Carolina nonprofits have helped nearly 500 homeowners and businesses go solar since 2013.
Solarize programs have added over 2.5 megawatts of clean, sustainable solar energy to the state’s power mix. That’s 1,400 tons of coal every year that no longer needs to be burned.
Duke Energy to partner on massive wind project — Charlotte Observer
Duke Energy would be part of an $8 billion proposal, announced Tuesday, to send wind energy generated in Wyoming to Los Angeles.
NC WARN at Duke Energy’s Annual Shareholder Meeting
NC WARN, with a coalition of allies, co-organized the Charlotte protest outside of Duke Energy’s headquarters on the day of their annual shareholder meeting. We also had a presence inside the meeting, with our members speaking out for climate protection and social justice.
NC WARN Membership Drive!
NC WARN turns 25 this year and we’re celebrating with our first-ever membership drive. If you haven’t joined yet, now’s the time!
Visit our Membership page
and join today.
Thank you in advance!
Calling on Jim Rogers to be a Climate Hero
On May 1, we ran a full-page ad in the Charlotte Observer, together with Greenpeace, urging Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to be a climate leader by acting decisively to slow climate change. Read what the Charlotte Observer wrote about our ad and Rogers’ response. At the same time, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford and NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren sent a letter to Rogers, calling on him to walk his talk on climate change.
Climate News
Read the latest updates on Arctic sea ice retreat, sea level rise and other climate science.
“We have a planetary emergency.”Former NASA climatologist James Hansen
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.
Sign the Petition: No Rate Hikes for Fossil Fuels
Duke Energy Progress plans 20 years of serial rate hikes to pay for its fossil fuel
dependence & risky new nukes on
the backs of families and small
businesses.