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Resolution for North Carolina Governor Josh Stein to Stop Duke Energy’s Expansion of Fossil Fuels and Suppression of Climate Solutions
By Businesses, Organizations and Elected Officials
WHEREAS, prominent climatologist James Hansen reported in November 2025 that failures at the national and global level to address the urgent climate crisis have rendered it “implausible” to keep global warming under a critical threshold of 2 degrees Celsius; and
WHEREAS, the climate emergency is already heavily impacting North Carolinians, especially those most vulnerable, through worsening storms, heat waves, catastrophic flooding events and economic hardship, and is predicted to continue accelerating; and
WHEREAS, the state is headquarters to Duke Energy, one of the world’s largest climate polluters, which plans to build more gas-fired power generation than any other US corporation; and
WHEREAS, Duke Energy is also proposing to attempt to build more dangerous, failure-prone, and experimental nuclear plants than any other US corporation, which, along with the gas expansion, would likely triple most customers’ power bills; and
WHEREAS, Duke Energy continues to suppress feasible and inexpensive climate solutions such as solar power paired with batteries, while much of the world is rapidly developing renewable energy; and
WHEREAS, globally-prominent climate scientist Dr. Drew Shindell has urged NC Governor Josh Stein that “it is really an emergency that we change course as quickly as possible. … We really need to use all the levers we can to push Duke Energy away from this fossil fuel path;” and
WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro is suing Duke Energy Corporation, charging that its top executives have helped lead a nationwide conspiracy of climate deception for decades; and
WHEREAS, Governor Stein should match Carrboro’s courage by breaking through the deception and helping the public understand that North Carolina is on the wrong course, and that Duke Energy must finally begin a genuine transition to clean energy if this state is ever going to help slow the climate crisis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, urge NC Governor Josh Stein to become a national climate champion by using every tool available to him to persuade or require Duke Energy executives to phase out deadly and dangerous fuel sources and transition to affordable, resilient, and renewable energy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we urge Governor Stein, as an initial step, to lead the installation of solar and batteries to make critical public facilities resilient during outages, and further require data centers to include maximum on-site renewables and battery storage to provide their own clean power when investing in new facilities.
This resolution was drafted and circulated by NC WARN and revised on January 27, 2026.
Read the full resolution with footnotes linked here.
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Over 320 businesses faith groups, community groups, businesses, elected officials, environmental organizations and youth-based groups have joined the call for NC Governor Josh Stein to stop Duke Energy’s massive expansion of fossil fuels:
NC WARN
Elected Officials
Carrboro Town Council
Nida Allam, Durham County Commissioner
Jamezetta Bedford, Orange County Commissioner
Wendy Jacobs, Durham County Commissioner
Matt Kopac, Durham City Council Member – Ward 1
Margaret Parker, Former Chair of Orange County Board of Elections
Steve Schewel, Former Mayor of Durham, NC
Harold Thompson, Former Mayor of Norwood, NC
Tom Vanderbeck, Former Chatham County Commissioner
Robert Waldrop, Chatham County Board of Elections
Groups
198 methods
3 Eagles Stewardship Alliance LLC
350 Bay Area Action
350 Brooklyn
350 Hawaii
350 Lake Norman
350 Network Council
350 Seattle
350 Triangle
350.org
7 Directions of Service
828 Acupuncture and Apothecary
ADM Holdings, LLC
Advanced Air and Water Solutions
AGPHI (Applied Global Public Health Initiative)
Alan Johnson Landscapes
Albany Central Federation of Labor
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
American Friends Service Committee
Animals Are Sentient Beings, Inc.
Anthem Music and Vintage
Appalachian Chronicle
Avery Design Solutions Inc.
Bayboro Development Center
Better Diesel FBC
Beyond Extreme Energy
Big Ivy Community Center
Black Knight Investments, LLC
BLKHLTH Inc.
Bloom Movement Artistry
Blue Ridge Audubon
BluEco Swaps
Book Babes
Bountiful Cities
Box Turtle Bakery
Brandcentric
Brighter Green
Broad Street Rolfing Co
Buck Schall Real Estate
Buddha, LLC
Busick Farms
Butterflies For Kids
Campus Climate Network
Carolina Talent
Carolina Total Wellness
Casa Russo Homes, LLC.
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Energy Education
Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health
Center for Healing Connections
Center for Progressive Reform
CG Ranch
Champion Automotive
Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church
Chatham Climate Action Network
Chatham for Climate Truth
ChiLiving, Inc.
Church Women United in New York State
Circa
Clean Energy Action
Clean Water for North Carolina
CleanAIRE NC
Climate Action NC
Climate Generation
Climate Hawks Vote
Climate Justice Alliance
Climate Reality Project – Charlotte Metro
Coalition Against Racism
Coastal Carolina Wildlife Rehab
Color Brighton Green
Common Ground EcoVillage Mebane NC
Community Leadership Consulting LLC
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Conservation Pros Inc
Creative Metalsmiths
Dallas Peace and Justice Center
Dave’s Small Equipment Repair LLC
Davie Environmental Awareness League
Dayenu Triangle Circle
DC Environmental Network
Deep Roots Market
Democracy Out Loud
Democratic Socialists of America – Knoxville, TN
Dogwood Alliance
Don’t Waste Arizona
Doug Dotson Pottery
Down East Coal Ash Environmental & Social Justice Coalition
Dragon Mountain Kung Fu
Dream Tank
Ducharme’s Piano Service
Duke Climate Coalition
Durham Dispatch
E-Town Sunrise
Earth Care
“Earth Care” Committee, Durham Friends Meeting
Earth Ethics, Inc.
Edgecombe Neighbors for Data Center Accountability
Elders Climate Action
Electric Vehicles for Orange County
Element Productions Inc.
Elon Community Church
Empower Our Future
Eno Commons Co-Housing Community
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – Earth Justice Action Group
Environmental Community Action (ECO-Action)
Epicurious Teas and Spices
Ergonomics and Safety Please!
Evergreen Contracting, Inc
Evergreen Law
Everise
Everlasting Vows
FACE (Fast Action on Climate to Ensure Intergenerational Justice)
FoCo Trash Mob
Foothills Group of the NC Sierra Club
Forest Keeper
Fossil Free Dartmouth
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice
Friends Committee on NC Legislation (FCNCL)
Friends of Big Ivy
Friends of the Earth US
Fruit of Labor Action Research & Technical Assistance, LLC
Gardner Gordon
Goist Art Services
Golden Bee
Good Stewards of Rockingham County
Great Blue Heron Trading Co.
Green Valley Community LLC
GreenFaith
Hamilton Designs
Handlin Productions
Haw River Assembly
Hawaii Institute for Human Rights
Healing Strength Massage Therapy
Help the Elderly in JoCo
Hickory Acres Decor LLC
Holistic Healing
Holy Infant Catholic Church
HOME Team, Helping Our Mother Earth
I Heart Pisgah
Indivisible AVL
Integral Counseling Services, PLLC
Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle
It’s Our Future
Iwanna Approval LLC
JBARNETTE LLC
Jewish Climate Action Network, MA
Jiri Kalina Home and Kitchen
Joyoushout
Jungian Analytic Praxis, Inc.
Kathleen Ramich Sculptor
Kati Cares
KTG Vending LLC
Kundalini Yoga Durham
L&M Enterprises
LaPlaca and Associates LLC
LCOY USA (Local Conference of Youth)
Little Tree Farm
Light of Christ United Methodist Church
Local Clean Energy Alliance
Louisa Dyer, Wholistic Services
Long Beach Alliance for Clean Energy
Maloney Bookkeeping LLC
Marcoplos Construction
Marshall Senior Services Inc.
Mathis Music
Mathis Specialty Services LLC
Matrix Design
MCA Arts-N-Graphics Studio
Mecklenburg Audubon Society
Merge Records
Meta Intelligence Institute
Metro N.Y. Catholic Climate Movement
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
Microgrid Design Group, LLC
Mind Health Yoga
Mount Zion United Methodist Church
Mountain Voices Alliance
Mukwa
Murphy Enterprises LLC
My Home Economy
NAACP High Point
Nancy Holliman Therapy
Native Organizers Alliance
Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund
Natural Choices in Healing
Nature Playscapes
NC APPPL
NC Climate Justice Collective
NC Democratic Party Arab Caucus
Neighbors Against the Gas Plants
Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow
New Alpha Community Development Corporation
New Energy Economy
New York Progressive Action Network
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE)
North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute
North Carolina Climate Solutions Coalition
North Carolina Committee of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN)
NTS Group
Nuclear Energy Information Service
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Ocean Conservation Research
Oil and Gas Action Network
Oil Change International
Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation
Organic Appalachian Farm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention
Pasta & Provisions, Inc
Physicians for Social Responsibility Arizona
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
Piedmont Environmental Alliance
Plants Eye View Life Coaching
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic-Free Provisions
Possibilities Counseling, PLLC
Power Up of North Carolina
Prescott North LLC
Presente.org
Property Rights and Pipeline Center
Protect All Children’s Environment
Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights
R. Stanley Tree Service
Rachel Carson Council
Randleman Road Community Association
Reach for the Skye
Reject Raytheon Asheville
Resource Renewal Institute
Rosemary United Methodist Church
SAFE Cities with Stand.earth
Santorini Art Studio
Seeds of HOPE
Sigma Capital
Silent Dayze Music
Silk Hope Catholic Worker
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Justice Team
Slow Turn Studio
Snake River Alliance
Social Eco Education (SEE)
Solar Dynamics Inc
Solar United Neighbors
Solidarity Committee of the Capital District
Something Personal
Somos Durham
South Lumberton Development Association
Southern Harmony Designs LLC
Sowing Justice
Spiritual Light Center
St. John Photography
Stop Overdevelopment in Brunswick County
Student Workers Collective Dartmouth
Sullens Trucking Co
Sundial Landscaping
Sunrise Duke
Sunrise Movement (National)
Sunrise Movement Asheville
Sunrise Movement at the UNC-Chapel Hill
Sunrise Movement Boulder Valley School District
Sunrise Movement Durham
Sunrise Movement Long Beach
Sunrise Movement UNC
Taltry Books LLC
T.e.j.a.s.
Terra Lunara Decor
Ta Contento Mex Fresh Food
Taft-Brunton Properties, LLC
The Cats’ Cradle
The Climate Reality Project, Durham Chapter
The Dance Element of Wilmington LLC
The Eco-Institute
The Enviro Show
The Farthest Pixel
The JAN Collaborative
The John Riley Group, LLC
The Last Plastic Straw
The Organic Oasis
The Plant
The Purrfect Place
The Psycho Chicken Eco Farm
The Remma Pact
The Wolf’s Refuge: Counseling and Healing Services PLLC.
Therapists for Peace & Justice
Third Act (National)
Third Act North Carolina
Tim’s Sewing Machine Repairs
tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness & Action
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Twilight Honey
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
Unite North Metro Denver
United For Clean Energy
Urban Orchard Cider Co.
Veterans For Peace – Western North Carolina
Waterman’s Brewing
Waterspirit
Weaver Street Market, Inc.
Weaver Street Realty
Well Fed Community Garden
West End Revitalization Association
Western Nebraska Resources Council
WholesomeLactationCare.com
Wilkins Repair
Wilmington Health
Wilson Rhodes Electrical Contractors
Wilson’s Chicks
Won Buddhist Temples in Chapel Hill, NC and Raleigh, NC
YARNBARF
Yes Solar Solutions
Yonder