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NO DEALS FOR DUKE ENERGY GAS EXPANSION — STATEMENT FROM NC WARN

September 21, 2022

Newly announced settlement negotiations are deeply troubling in carbon plan fight. Late today, the NC Utilities Commission was openly told that negotiations are underway among select parties that could settle the highly contentious carbon plan case that’s in its second week of hearings.

NC Republican leader: Duke Energy has too much political power — News and Observer Oped by R. LEE CURRIE JR.

September 18, 2022

McClatchy’s recent eye-opening investigative reporting on Duke Energy’s lavish campaign contributions intended to influence elected state lawmakers should alarm conservatives, moderates and liberals alike — for it’s a tale of chronic abuse of corporate power at the expense of millions of financially-strapped consumers.

1,800 Rooftop Solar Owners to Cooper: Save Net Metering! — News Release from Save NC Solar

September 15, 2022

Today, 1,800 solar panel owners urged Governor Cooper to protect customer-owned energy generation and solar power in North Carolina.

World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds — The Guardian

September 13, 2022

The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study. It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1C of global heating caused by humanity to date.

Duke Energy plans to reduce carbon emissions, but not all are convinced — WRAL

September 13, 2022

Tuesday was the start of a major hearing on the future of energy in North Carolina. The state utilities commission is considering proposals by Duke Energy to reduce its carbon emissions in the coming decades.

Duke Energy’s carbon-cutting plan sparks debate at start of what’ll likely be long, contentious hearing — Charlotte Business Journal

September 13, 2022

It didn’t take long for battle lines to be drawn as state regulators opened their hearing on Duke Energy Corp.’s $100 billion proposals for the state-mandated N.C. Carbon Plan to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.

Top Climate Scientists: Stopping Natural Gas Expansions Can Help “very, very quickly” … But Duke Energy Leaders Blow Off the Warning — News Release from NC WARN

September 12, 2022

Stopping emissions of natural gas (methane) – a super-potent heat trapper – could “give the world a fighting chance” to prevent “catastrophic global warming” from becoming irreversible. That’s the message from a leading global scientist based at Duke University.

Should NC’s clean energy future include more nuclear power? Duke Energy thinks so — USA Today Network

September 8, 2022

“Duke Energy has already dragged us through this horror movie, and we can’t let them do it again,” Warren said, referring to the utility’s own efforts to build additional big nuclear plants earlier this century.

33 EPA Alumni Challenge Duke Energy Carbon Plan

August 18, 2022

Duke Energy’s draft Carbon Plan is short-sighted, inadequate, and unnecessarily polluting and costly – particularly to citizens who continue to bear the greatest burdens.

NC WARN Supports Clean Energy Groups’ Carbon Plan — News Release from NC WARN

August 2, 2022

NC WARN commends the NC Sustainable Energy Association, Southern Environmental Law Center and their partners for offering a North Carolina carbon reduction plan that we believe is consistent with the needs of North Carolinians, particularly in terms of climate and economic justice.

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