Duke Energy hid a plan for about 900 miles of new, expanded and upgraded high-voltage power lines, mostly crisscrossing southeastern North Carolina, in the fine print of the 2022 Carbon Plan. Duke leaders continue to block cheaper, faster alternatives to their disastrous approach. Read our report, “Moving North Carolina Forward: …
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Save NC Solar (Net Metering)
Duke Energy keeps trying to undermine our rooftop solar industry by attacking net energy metering (NEM) – the rules for how solar customers are compensated for excess power they send to the grid. Delayed by strong opposition to net metering changes to homes, Duke quietly submitted changes to nonresidential net …
NC Climate Emergency
The climate crisis is accelerating and the world’s scientists say curbing the use of methane (so-called natural gas) is the fastest way to slow it down. But Duke Energy leaders want to greatly increase their use of gas. Tell Governor Cooper to stop them. Quick Facts:Eighty organizations and thousands of …
Duke Energy’s Huge Fracked Gas Expansion
Quick Facts:Although Duke Energy has cancelled plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the corporation has included 8,300 to 11,700 MW of new gas in its draft carbon plan (see page 86 of Duke plan, Appendix E). Over 40 scientists have written to Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good and Governor …
Challenging Duke Energy’s Business Model
Quick Facts:NC-based Duke Energy is the one of the world’s largest corporate electric utilities and one of its biggest carbon polluters. Rather than transitioning quickly to renewable energy, Duke does only enough to make it look green, while rapidly building out its fracked gas infrastructure, spewing more and more climate-wrecking …
Clean Path 2025 & Other Solar Work
Quick Facts:Clean Path 2025 will save NC billions of dollars Duke Energy plans to spend building unneeded power plants and other outdated infrastructure. Clean Path 2025 will create thousands of jobs while helping all customers save money. This strategy can replace all fossil fuel power — rapidly — with proven …
Equity & Inclusion
NC WARN Statement on Police Violence and Systemic Racism NC WARN has worked for many years to challenge environmental racism and economic injustice. Since 2013, we have also been formally working to become an anti-racist organization – one that helps the broader society finally come to grips with the systemic …
Youth Climate Justice Organizing
The Youth Climate Justice Organizing program at NC WARN was created in 2017. The program deepens our commitment to actively involving youth in the fight for climate justice, working both in school settings and in the general community, and developing youth leadership. The Youth Organizing team is engaging high school …