Duke Energy
Can Duke Energy Meet Coal Ash Cleanup Deadlines?
Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 22, 2016 | Featured, Safety
Duke Energy has until 2019 to shut down four high-risk sites across North Carolina and 2029 to close all of the ash basins, according to the Coal Ash Management Act passed in 2014 by the state legislature. Duke itself admits...
Read MorePower Still Being Restored Throughout Orange County
Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured, Weather
***UPDATE: Duke Energy is reporting that less than 100 Orange County residents are without power as of Thursday afternoon. Power is not estimated to be completely restored until close to midnight.*** Severe weather ripped...
Read MoreDuke Energy’s Fracking Future Must be Rejected
Posted by The Commentators | Feb 19, 2016 | The Commentators
Duke Energy is the nation’s worst polluting utility – and it’s pursuing a giant expansion of fracking gas power plants, pipelines and mergers. Three prominent experts are urging the Utilities Commission to reject Duke’s plans...
Read MoreCoal Ash: Statewide, And In Chapel Hill
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 16, 2016 | State
Yes, there actually is coal ash in Chapel Hill…but the NCDEQ’s meetings next month will focus on other sites.
Read MorePower Restored in Chapel Hill
Posted by Staff | Feb 3, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town
Updated at 10:00pm – Duke Energy is reporting that power in Chapel Hill has been restored. Power outages hit parts of Chapel Hill on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Duke Energy Outage Map, there were more than...
Read MoreDuke Energy Hides Key Info in Fracking Gas Power Plant Fight
Posted by The Commentators | Feb 1, 2016 | The Commentators
Duke 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...
Read MoreMarcus Paige Reads to Chapel Hill Third Graders
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education
Students at Rashkis Elementary School gathered on Wednesday to hear from special guests encouraging them to read. About 100 eager third graders filed into the library at Rashkis for a special guest reading to cheer on the...
Read MorePower Restored in Orange and Durham Counties
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, Safety
Power has been restored to portions of Orange and Durham Counties that were without power earlier Wednesday. The Duke Energy power outage map is showing all of the reported outages have been restored. At the peak, more than...
Read MoreThe climate crisis won’t wait for world leaders
Posted by The Commentators | Dec 17, 2015 | The Commentators
The Paris climate talks led to what could be a step toward stabilizing the global climate crisis – if real action follows. Now, what’s needed is a more vocal U.S. public to offset the clout of corporations holding on to the...
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