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Submitted by Edyta Sitko
March 4, 2013
Why I'm fighting the Keystone XL from Chicago

Written by Sera Sousley. Sera has been volunteering with Greenpeace and the Chicago Clean Power Coalition for almost 2 years. She is working towards a second Bachelors, studying Sustainability at Roosevelt University.

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Submitted by Monica Embrey
February 25, 2013
Testify at a Public Hearing Against a Dirty & Expensive Duke Plan

This week Charlotte area residents will have the chance to voice their concerns about Duke Energy’s long term business plan to the NC Utilities Commission. This plan will have serious ramifications for people and our planet as it doubles down investments in dirty coal and dangerous nuclear energy, and passes the costs on to North Carolina rate payers. Duke plans on powering North Carolina on just 2.25% renewable energy by 2032. This isn't the leadership we need from the nation's largest energy utility.

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Submitted by Monica Embrey
February 12, 2013
Charlotte will have a voice on Duke Energy’s Dirty and Expensive Plan

It’s not every day that we win, but we’ve had a couple of big victories here in our fight to move from coal to clean energy here in North Carolina.

For months, Greenpeace and a coalition of social justice, faith, and environmental organizations have been calling on the North Carolina Utilities Commission to hold a public hearing in Charlotte to discuss Duke Energy's long term business plan.

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Submitted by Edyta Sitko
February 8, 2013
Residents Urge Illinois Pollution Control Board to Deny Variance for Midwest Generation Coal Plants

 

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Submitted by Monica Embrey
January 24, 2013
Duke Energy North Carolina Coal Legacy

Photo credit: Sara Behnke, We Love Mountain Island Lake

Today I write you with some upsetting news. Duke Energy's 84 year old coal-fired power plant Riverbend is on and running. This coal plant is spewing fine particulates and CO2 into our air and a toxic brew of mercury, lead and arsenic into coal ash ponds directly beside our drinking water supply.

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Submitted by Kelly Mitchell
January 22, 2013
US Coal Exports Could Push the Climate Past a Point of No Return

There’s a new front line in the battle to prevent catastrophic climate change.

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