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Greenpeace at the DNC
Activists tell Duke Energy to "Dump ALEC" Today was a long, hot and very humid day in Charlotte. However, with the help of the sun, we powered the rally stage at the March on Wall Street South with our...
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Is dirty energy bankrolling the DNC?
Greenpeace Charlotte Field Organizer Monica Embrey’s statement at opening rally at March on Wall St South. Listen to Monica’s interview with Democracy Now September 2, 2012 in Charlotte, North...
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Greenpeace at the DNC: Day 2
Greenpeace calls on Democrats to cut ties with Duke Energy It’s a very different feeling today at the convention that it was yesterday. The Occupy rally rattled a few cages, the good people from...
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DUKE: DUMP ALEC!
Written by Monica Embry, Greenpeace field organizer in Charlotte, NC. Yesterday, members of Greenpeace, Energy Action Coalition, and other groups sent a message loud and clear to Duke Energy that we...
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Corporate Confrontations and the DNC
Protesters at Duke Energy Protesters at Duke Energy headed off by police The convention in Charlotte is over and I can’t help but write down some thoughts. Lots of environmentalists are happy that...
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Greenpeace, Dow Jones agree: Duke not a global leader in sustainability
A.E. Bates airship calls out Duke's dirty energy rate hike. In perhaps the most public rebuke of Duke’s overstuffed environmental rhetoric to date, Dow Jones booted Duke from its list of greenest...
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You gotta walk the walk to talk the talk, Duke Energy
Greenpeace airship flies over a Duke coal plant in North Carolina Duke Energy has revamped its logo. With swooping green and blue bands, the new corporate brand seems intended to invoke thoughts of...
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Students Call Duke Energy to #dumpALEC
Last Thursday, students wanted to make sure Duke Energy heard loud and clear that they need to #dumpALEC. So students held a national call in day, driving in hundreds of calls encouraging Duke Energy...
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Students: The World Needs You – Apply for the Greenpeace Semester
APPLY FOR THE GREENPEACE SEMESTER! Me, on a decommissioned Duke/Progress Energy smokestack (see picture below). Arden, NC. Feb, 2012. As humans, we sometimes find ourselves in positions that change the...
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Duke CEO doesn’t deliver on his clean energy talk
Greenpeace thermal airship sends a message to Duke Energy's headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Yesterday morning, Greenpeace activists Maduhra Deshpande, Mike Karnosky, Holly Hanks and I...
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Duke’s Dirty Business: Rate Hikes for Coal
Duke Energy spends a lot of money branding itself as a clean energy company. On Labor Day during the week of the Democratic National Convention here in Charlotte, Duke Energy set up an elaborate...
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Behind the scenes: Charlotte’s coal ash problem
This post originally appeared in Coal Ash Chronicles. Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman, an independent journalist, aims to answer questions about coal ash during a nationwide tour where she’ll collect stories...
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Choosing people power
A wind farm in Iowa that provides energy for 75,000 homes History took place in Chicago on November 6th as voters paved the way for the largest city-led people power initiative in the country. By...
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VIDEO: Greenpeace Activist Confronts Coal Lobbyist at Energy Event
Today at a well-attended energy forum hosted by Politico, I shed some light on the role of coal lobbyist Jeffrey Holmstead in blocking pollution reductions for his coal utility and mining clients after...
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ALEC uses Indiana Regulator to help Coal Companies Stall Climate Change Action
You’re probably familiar with the old “fox in the hen house” story, but what about when a hen joins the fox den? This is the case with the recent American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in...
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The $6 Billion Auction: Finally, A Plan to Get Money Out of Politics
The following is a guest blog by Josh Silver, executive director of Represent Us, campaign to pass the American Anti-Corruption Act which would overhaul campaign finance, impose strict lobbying and...
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Duke Energy Flip-Flop: ALEC Leads Attack on North Carolina Clean Energy with...
Corporate polluters are taking aim this year at states with renewable energy laws, starting with an attack on North Carolina’s clean energy economy by a corporate front group known as ALEC with support...
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Virginia: Ken Cuccinelli’s Clean Energy Rollback Mirrors ALEC Agenda
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli is working with coal companies and State Policy Network groups backed by Koch Industries to rollback VA’s voluntary clean energy program. In states across...
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Duke Energy is Shutting Down Two Coal Plants: What’s Next?
Kumi Naidoo and Greenpeace boat at Riverbend coal plant Today, Duke Energy, the biggest electric utility in the country, announced that it is shutting down two coal-fired power plants near Charlotte,...
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A Blueprint for Corporate Control of Democracy
Something is happening in North Carolina that has profound repercussions for the rest of the country. As we speak, Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) has passed the North Carolina Senate and will make its way to...
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