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NC Supreme Court Ruling in Solar-Church Test Case — Statement from NC WARN

Regarding today’s NC Supreme Court ruling against the NC WARN-Faith Community Church partnership in our two-year Solar Freedom test case: It’s very unfortunate that Duke Energy remains able to protect its monopoly against clean competition and to keep stifling the growth of cheaper solar power across North Carolina.
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EPA Cover-up, Whistleblower on Methane Emissions

Letter from NC WARN to EPA’s Inspector General. The whistleblower was right, and the cover-up continues. This scandal goes to the core of the vast expansion of fracked gas by Duke Energy and other utilities.

Fracking may cook the planet. But who’s listening? — The News & Observer

Jim Warren, the executive director of the Durham-based consumer advocacy group NC Warn, seems these days like a frantic lead character from a 1950s science fiction movie. He has seen an invisible gas being released by powerful corporations that is endangering the planet — but no one will listen to him. He’s not surprised that the corporations – especially Duke Energy – don’t want to believe him. But he’s mystified that news outlets that usually would pounce on such news are oddly indifferent.

‘Sunny day flooding’ worsens at NC beaches — a sign sea rise is decades too soon, studies say — News & Observer

Living in cities threatened by sea-level rise could be like living near an active volcano, according to NOAA oceanographer William Sweet. Some parts of the Earth are seeing sea levels rise far beyond average, and it’s just a waiting game before some areas are inundated with sea water, studies show. The East Coast of the U.S. is experiencing “sunny day flooding” that scientists didn’t expect for decades yet.