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!
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Groups rally outside Executive Mansion call for climate emergency declaration – CBS 17
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.
NC WARN Youth Summer Series Webinar
On July 14, 2021 the participants from this year’s NC WARN Youth Summer Series conducted their own youth-led climate justice webinar.
Duke Energy: A US Leader In Climate Pollution — NC WARN TV AD
Urge Governor Cooper to Stop Duke Energy’s Gas Expansion:
stopdukeenergy.com
Watchdog accuses Duke energy of misleading state regulators — WXII
Great TV story exposing Duke Energy on bogus data given to regulators to justify building 50 gas-fired power units. The public hearing is actually March 16.
Duke Energy gets an ‘F’ from environmental group — WXII
Critics say that Duke’s plan for the next 15 years is heading in the wrong direction. Climate and Energy Watchdog Jim Warren, who heads NC WARN calls Duke’s utility plan “Ruinous.”
NC WARN’s Virtual Summer Youth Climate Activism Series
This summer, NC WARN hosted its inaugural Youth Summer Series—done virtually due to COVID-19—as an endeavor to bolster local climate youth activism engagement, both in NC WARN campaigns and for the students’ own skill-building and education of climate justice.
NC Climate Emergency Press Conference Highlights
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.
Stop Duke Energy’s Gas Expansion — NC WARN TV AD
Urge Governor Cooper to Stop Duke Energy’s Gas Expansion:
stopdukeenergy.com
North Carolinians battle the $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline –Grist Documentary
Residents living in the rural parts of Eastern North Carolina are no stranger to environmental hazards. Various industries have pinpointed the region — where the environmental justice movement was born — for projects, such as coal ash dumps, liquid fertilizer plants, and concentrated hog farms. Local grassroots activists have fought off many …