In North Carolina, Putting the Farm in Solar Farm
How Joel Olsen uses sheep and the Renewable Energy for America Program to maintain his 28-megawatt solar farm in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
From Abstract to Reality: When Your Hometown Becomes a Climate Casualty
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
With increasingly catastrophic storms like Helene, we need to call the source of this destruction what it is – burning fossil fuels. Yet this message is not being elevated in our region…
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has a hole to fill on North Carolina’s road to decarbonization
Big decisions are coming regarding what resources will fill a looming hole in electricity generation as coal plants are retired and an uncertain amount of new load is added to the grid.
Is Duke Energy planning our power grid, or are they just guessing?
The country's third largest energy company says it is trying to meet carbon reduction standards. But Duke's actions don't seem to match its words.
Duke Energy Leans Into Fossil Gas While the Rest of the Country Moves On
Duke is stuck in the past, and it is asking the Commission to let it commit North Carolina to a rigid, expensive climate-destroying gas future. A clean energy future is here, and…
Person County deserves a better deal from Duke
Duke Energy is proposing to build a fossil gas plant next to an elementary school in North Carolina. The community deserves better.
Candidate Laurie Buckhout on Climate & Energy
In this blog post, we examine the policies and positions of Laurie Buckhout, the Republican Party candidate running for election to represent North Carolina Congressional District 1 in the U.S. House of…
Candidate Don Davis on Climate & Energy
In this blog post, we examine the policies and positions of Don Davis, the Democratic Party candidate running for reelection to represent North Carolina Congressional District 1 in the U.S. House of…
Nearly $430 Million in Climate Pollution Reduction Funding Awarded by EPA in the Carolinas
Yesterday, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4.6 billion in grant awards across the nation for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG), made possible through funding from the Inflation Reduction…