We applaud Duke University leaders for indefinitely suspending plans to allow Duke Energy to build a climate-wrecking fracked gas power plant on campus.
Click title above to read full statement.
Read Duke University press release here
Articles & News Releases
Jump to a Category
Liberty Utilities Proposes Battery Program for Lebanon Homes — Valley News
It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds — The New York Times
As environmental concerns drive power companies away from using coal, natural gas has emerged as the nation’s No. 1 power source. Plentiful and relatively inexpensive as a result of the nation’s fracking boom, it has been portrayed as a bridge to an era in which alternative energy would take primacy.
In a setback for utilities, FERC denies Atlantic Coast Pipeline request for tree-cutting extension — The Progressive Pulse
Duke Energy Profiting from Failure at Customers’ Expense – as Investments in Influence Money Pay Off Again — News Release from NC WARN
Shameful as it is that the NC Utilities Commission last month ordered customers to pay hundreds of millions for Duke Energy’s coal ash negligence in the Duke-Progress rate case…what’s even more shameful is that the Commission granted Duke a 10 percent mark-up on coal ash in the Progress case and that Duke’s seeking the same for coal ash and the nuclear boondoggle in the Carolinas case.
Duke Energy wants to raise rates — and you probably won’t like why — News & Record
First off, let’s face the hard truth. After several weeks of expert testimony that ended Thursday in Raleigh, it’s a pretty good bet your light bill is going up later this year. Like it or not, your bill’s probably going up to deal with coal ash waste generated for decades by coal-fired power plants and never given a proper burial.
UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals — The Washington Post
Duke Energy’s Libel Threat, Climate-Wrecking & Subversion of Democracy — News Release from NC WARN
Support for our CEO challenge grows – including the national Americans Against Fracking alliance of 300 groups. See the letter we sent to Duke CEO Lynn Good today for the full list of organizations that have endorsed our call for her to get on the right side of climate history.
Duke eyes building a gas-turbine power plant on campus. Environmentalists wary. Why? — The Herald Sun
Duke University ought to conduct a “bottom-up” review of its energy needs, one open to community groups, before deciding to do anything like allowing a utility to install a gas-turbine power plant on campus, a coalition of environmental and political groups says. The coalition includes Durham’s People’s Alliance, the city’s single most influential political organization, and weighed in on March 9 via a letter to Duke President Vince Price.
Tell University President Price to Come Clean About Fracked Gas Plant — Alert from NC WARN
After plans for a fracked gas-burning plant on Duke University’s campus were twice delayed by campus and community voices, the university appears to be trying to sneak past concerned students, community members and alumni in order to allow Duke Energy to build the plant on campus – and force its other customers to pay for it.