International Day of Climate Action
The March and Rally are being coordinated by Greenpeace and NC WARN.
Endorsing Organizations: Appalachian Voices,
Canary Coalition, Clean Air Carolina, Clean Water for NC,
NC Green Party, NC Fair Share, Progressive Democrats of NC, and Southern Energy Network.
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Friday 23 October 2009 - 12:25:41
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Planet Green Focus Earth: Cleaner Coal or Coalwash
Watch Planet Green's Bob Woodruff coverage of the Cliffside plant and Jim Rogers' greenwashing.
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Wednesday 23 September 2009 - 11:50:06
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Broad Coalition of Justice, Health, Consumer, and Environmental Organizations Urge NC Utilities Commission to Deny Duke Energy’s Proposed Rate Hike and Revoke its Certificate of Public Convenience
Download a PDF of this Press Release and the NCUC Letter.
PRESS RELEASE
Asheville, NC. – Twenty-five statewide organizations today sent members of the NC Utilities Commission a letter outlining the reasons for denying Duke Energy its proposed rate hike and requesting that the Commission halt construction of Cliffside #6. The coalition believes that a large proportion of the rate hike is to fund the construction of Cliffside which violates the Commission’s obligation to “promote least cost energy planning…(and) provide just and reasonable rates.”
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Wednesday 09 September 2009 - 23:38:29
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Coalition holds Relay for Clean Air to protest Duke’s new coal-fired boiler
Duke’s proposed rate hike request at 18 percent, based on a 13.5 percent base rate hike plus a 4.5 percent coal surcharge
By David Tell
Staff Writer
The Canary Coalition held its annual Relay for Clean Air Saturday, Aug. 29, culminating in a news conference at Firestorm Cafe in downtown Asheville.
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Saturday 05 September 2009 - 15:43:45
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Duke Energy Quits "Clean Coal" Lobby Group
Duke Energy announced today that it has left the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), the dirty coal front group lobbying against Congressional action on climate change. Will other corporate members of the US Climate Action Partnership soon follow in Duke’s footsteps by leaving ACCCE?
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Wednesday 02 September 2009 - 15:50:00
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