State legislators, apparently waking from a long winter’s nap, are introducing measures that would crack down on big power companies like Duke Energy Florida that are relentlessly gouging ratepayers.
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The Spill at Dan River — CBS 60 Minutes
Every year coal-burning power plants generate not only electricity, but a staggering amount of leftover coal ash that contains heavy metals unhealthy to humans. Yet due in part to intense industry lobbying, there are no federal regulations on its disposal. It’s left to the states to oversee some of the most powerful utility companies in the country.
Germany’s Biggest Utility, E.ON, Is Divesting Fully From Centralized Power Plants — Green Tech Media
Trigaux: If you’re not mad at Duke Energy, you’re not paying attention — Tampa Bay Times
In 2014, Duke’s delivered little but calamity, especially in Florida, where customers serve as company punching bags. But even in its home state of North Carolina, Duke fumbled. Now it’s busy downplaying a horrible environmental spill of its own making. A toxic sludge of 39,000 tons of arsenic-laced coal ash and 27,000 gallons of contaminated water now coats nearly 70 miles of the once-scenic Dan River.
Solarize Chatham County tops other N.C. Solarize programs — Triangle Business Journal
The Solarize Chatham County program has resulted in more residential solar panel installations than previous solarize programs in the state. Solarize projects allow customers to buy solar panels from local installers in bulk to receive discounts. Generally one company is chosen for the work, but Cary-based Yes! Solar Solutions and Morrisville-based Southern Energy Management worked together on this project.
Residents air concerns, frustrations over Robeson County coal ash site at meeting — Fayetteville Observer
Video: ‘Moral March to Polls’ kicks off early voting — News & Record
SolarCity loan deal could propel rooftop market — Tampa Bay Times
Climate Change is a People’s Shock — The Nation
The research I’ve done over the past five years has convinced me that climate change represents a historic opening for progressive transformation. As part of the project of getting our emissions down to the levels so many climate scientists recommend, we have the chance to advance policies that dramatically improve lives, close the gap between rich and poor, create huge numbers of good jobs, and reinvigorate democracy from the ground up.
NC WARN’s Comments on Proposed Rules on Fracking
The NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), offers the attached comments on various fracking rules. Our members are deeply concerned that the fracking process leads to additional hydrocarbons, and in particular methane, being released into the atmosphere, leading to more severe climate change.