climate & energy justice
Fracking Gas, Duke Energy, and Climate Crisis
Public events on March 29 & 30 spotlight the disastrous climate and economic impacts of the massive natural gas expansion planned by Duke Energy.
Duke’s Fracking Gas Future
Help us challenge Duke Energy’s plan to build gas plants near Asheville — the first step in a major expansion of fracking gas by Duke.
Research shows methane’s global warming potential is 100 times that of carbon dioxide in the short term, making Duke’s plan a disaster for the climate.
Solarize is Back!
If you own a home or business anywhere in the Triangle, sign up by April 30 for a free solar assessment.
Visit the Solarize website or come to a free public information session and learn how you can go solar easily and affordably.
Join the 470 North Carolinians who have gone solar with Solarize since 2013, saving the equivalent of 1,358 tons of coal every year.
Solar Test Case Targets State Policy in North Carolina
Church, climate justice partner announce third party deal, saying state needs energy competition, not monopoly control of rooftops
NC WARN & Faith Community Church’s Solar Freedom Project News Release and Photos
NC WARN Campaigns and Related News
Attorney General Should Contest Rigged Duke Plant Approval — NC WARN Letter to AG Roy Cooper
March 21, 2016Today NC WARN sent the letter below to Attorney General Roy Cooper. Highlights include:
– We urge him to challenge the rigged and unconstitutional process leading to approval of a large, climate-wrecking power plant.
– Duke Energy’s control over the legislature and regulators is clearly evidenced in the fast-track approval, and Duke plans to build up to 15 large fracking-gas power plants.
State’s Gift to Duke Energy to be Appealed — News Release from NC WARN and The Climate Times
February 29, 2016We plan to appeal the closed, pro-Duke process that led to this decision and unneeded plant. In addition to being unconstitutional, it’s a lousy way for state government to operate.
Regulators approve most of Duke Energy’s $1B plan for new gas plant and infrastructure upgrades in Asheville — Charlotte Business Journal
February 29, 2016State regulators say Duke Energy Progress can go ahead with a $750 million plan to build a 560-megawatt, two-unit natural gas plant in Asheville.
Jim Warren, executive director of the Durham watchdog group NC WARN, says the decision “sadly demonstrates Duke Energy’s corporate control over our politicians and regulators.”
Duke Energy Misled Regulators at Meeting over New Gas Plant — News Release from NC WARN
February 26, 2016Last Monday’s meeting of the NC Utilities Commission perfectly demonstrated why fast-track review of Duke Energy’s application to build a $1.1 billion power plant fails the public interest and is unconstitutional. A Duke Energy attorney laying out a one-sided, over-simplified and misleading case to commissioners is no substitute for an evidentiary hearing that allows for open debate and cross-examination of Duke officials, the Commission’s Public Staff and experts representing other parties.
Rooftop solar energy surges in Orange County — Chapel Hill News
February 24, 2016Between now and April 30, two of the biggest Solarize campaign organizers in North Carolina, NextClimate and NC WARN, are joining together to “Solarize the Triangle.” A solar system is a great hedge against increases in electricity rates, and provides tangible savings to those who otherwise may spend much of their limited income on electricity.
Exposing Duke Energy’s Fiction: Actual Growth Rate is Three Times Lower than Estimates Used to Argue for New Plants over the Years — News Release from NC WARN
February 19, 2016NC WARN has long maintained that Duke Energy wildly exaggerates projections of electricity demand so it can keep building unneeded power plants and raising customer rates – and that state regulators should scrutinize the estimates instead of accepting Duke execs at their word year after year.
Three Prominent Experts: Duke Power Plant Should be Rejected — News Release from NC WARN & The Climate Times
February 12, 2016Today NC WARN and The Climate Times filed a legal motion and affidavits by three prominent technical experts urging state regulators to deny Duke Energy’s application to build a huge natural gas power plant in Asheville because it is not needed, would be high-risk economically, and would accelerate the global climate crisis at the worst possible time.
Regulators Side with Duke Energy’s Secret-keeping in Statewide Fight — News Release from NC WARN
February 8, 2016The NC Utilities Commission has denied our motion to require Duke Energy to stop hiding information critical to the utility’s case to build a large gas-fired power plant in Asheville. This case is a statewide fight – moving toward a public meeting in Raleigh February 22 – with national ramifications over the future of the natural gas industry, the climate crisis and Duke Energy’s business model.
Openly justify the fracking gas plant in Asheville or withdraw the application — Letter to Lynn Good from NC WARN
February 4, 2016NC WARN appeals to your sense of propriety and your duty to the people of North Carolina by calling on you to fully and openly justify Duke Energy’s application to build a large fracking gas-fired power plant in Asheville – or to cancel the application.
Duke Energy Hides Key Info in Fracking Gas Power Plant Fight — WCHL
February 1, 2016Duke Energy is hiding large blocks of information about its plans to build a billion-dollar power plant in Asheville. NC WARN is pressing state regulators to conduct an open review – not the fast-track rubber stamp Duke wants.
Duke Energy Hides Key Info in Controversial Power Plant Fight — News Release from NC WARN
January 25, 2016Durham, NC – Duke Energy is withholding from public view large blocks of information critical to the utility’s case to build a large gas-fired power plant in Asheville. NC WARN and The Climate Times today filed a motion calling for regulators to compel Duke to put the data on the table for scrutiny.
A local filmmaker produced a short documentary on NC WARN’s partnership with Faith Community Church in our Emergency Climate Response and Solar Freedom campaigns. Click to watch the video and take action to help slow climate change!
At our annual meeting in December, we presented the John O. Blackburn Award to Joyce and Rev. Nelson Johnson in recognition of their lifelong dedication to social justice.
