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Why North Carolina's 'Moral Mondays' Matter for Democracy and the Planet

Philip Radford | Posted 06.03.2013 | Green
Read More: Fracking, Koch Brothers, Art Pope, Duke Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment, Democracy, Naacp, Raleigh, North Carolina, Green News
Philip Radford

Every Monday for the past month, North Carolina citizens from across the spectrum have gathered at the State House in Raleigh to protest the pro-corporate, anti-rights agenda of the legislature's newly elected Republicans.

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Will Repairs to the Oconee Nuclear Plant Cost Duke Energy a Billion Dollars?

Philip Radford | Posted 05.03.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, South Carolina, Duke Energy, Greenpeace, Solar Power, Jim Rogers, North Carolina, Green News
Philip Radford

Duke Energy and government regulators have been hiding a not-so-little secret from the people of the Carolinas.

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ALEC Energy Director Misleads the Wall Street Journal

Gabe Elsner | Posted 06.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Renewable Energy Standards, American Legislative Exchange Council, Exxonmobil, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Electricity Freedom Act, Wall Street Journal, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Fossil Fuels, Alec, State Legislators, Todd Wynn, Duke Energy, Continental Resources, Koch Industries, Peabody Energy, Green News
Gabe Elsner

In Friday's Wall Street Journal story, "States Cooling to Renewable Energy," ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director Todd Wynn claimed, "I have not received one dime to work directly on renewable-energy mandates."

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Duke Energy Forgives $10 Million Line Of Credit To DNC

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Democratic Convention, Dnc, Dnc Duke Energy, Democratic National Convention, Rnc, President Obama, Obama Administration, Reince Priebus Rnc, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, New American City, Reince Priebus, Campaign Finance, Video, Campaign Finance Reform, Duke Energy, Corporate Donations, Jim Rogers Duke Energy, Charlotte Convention, Jim Rogers, Politics News

The Democratic National Committee will not have to repay the full $10 million line of credit from Duke Energy -- the country’s largest electric powe...

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GOP Gov Could Get Big Patronage Boost

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.28.2013 | Politics
Read More: North Carolina Republican Party, HuffPolitics Blog, Video, North Carolina Public Utilities Commission, North Carolina Republicans, State and Local Government, North Carolina Politics, Duke Energy, North Carolina Legislature, North Carolina Boards Bill, Pat McCrory, North Carolina Lottery, Politics News

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature is set to do battle over legislation that would allow the state's new Republican governor to make a...

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Power Grab in North Carolina by the Republican Legislature "to Carry Out the Philosophy of the New Administration"

Yuna Shin | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics
Read More: Bill Rabon, Thom Goolsby, NC Coastal Resources Commission, NC State Senate, NC Utilities Commission, NC SB 10, Wilmington, Duke Energy, Nc State House, Stop Titan Action Network, Pat McCrory, Southeastern North Carolina, NC Republican Party, Josh Stein, Southport NC, Politics News
Yuna Shin

Is this fast track power grab going to spell success or doom for the North Carolina Republicans?

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Energy Giant Announces Nuclear Plant Closure

AP | By EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 04.07.2013 | Green
Read More: Duke Energy Power Plant, Florida Nuclear Power Plant, Video, Nuclear Power Plants, Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, Crystal River Nuclear Plant, Crystal River Nuclear Plant Closing, Duke Energy, Nuclear Power Plant Florida, Nuclear-Power, Duke Energy Nuclear Power Plant, Ap, Green News

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The largest U.S. electricity company said Tuesday it will permanently close a Florida nuclear power plant after botched repairs...

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New Poll Finds Ratepayers Strongly Oppose Duke Energy Coal Boondoggle

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 01.30.2013 | Green
Read More: Duke Energy, Environment, Energy, Sierra Club, Coal, Indiana, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

As state regulators prepare to make a major decision on the future of a proposed Indiana coal plant with a $3.5 billion price tag, this week the Sierra Club and allies released a new poll and report showing that the public is strongly opposed to footing the bill for this over-budget boondoggle.

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VIDEO: Rep. Shuler Said He Wouldn't Become A Lobbyist; Now He Will

David_Halperin | Posted 01.27.2013 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Duke Energy, Revolving Door, Climate Change Denial, Congress, Heath Shuler, Lobbying, Heath Shuler Lobbyist, Heath Shuler Duke Energy, Heath Shuler Retirement, Video, Politics News
David_Halperin

In July, Republic Report reporters asked Congressman Heath Shuler whether he was planning to become a lobbyist after retiring. Shuler flatly told them no.

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VIDEO: Coal Polluter Lobbyist Confronted at Energy Event

Kert Davies | Posted 11.16.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Air Act, Politico, Ercc, Greenhouse Gas, Jack Gerard, Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, Arch Coal, Emissions, Pollution, Utility, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Jeff Holmstead, Progress, Mact, Bush Administration, Energy and the Presidency, Jeffrey Holmstead, Climate Change, Event, Mercury, Bracewell & Giuliani, Duke Energy, Global Warming, Green News
Kert Davies

These laggard coal-reliant companies are responsible for ecologically destructive coal mining and the carbon dioxide emissions that drive global climate change, not to mention a litany of dangerous pollutants.

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Leaked Report Suggests Long-Known Flood Threat To Nuke Plants

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 10.20.2012 | Green
Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Fukushima Dai-Chi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Nuclear Power, South Carolina, Lake Jocassee, Duke Energy, Nuclear Safety, Oconee-Nuclear-Station, Jocassee Dam, Oconee Nuclear Station, Nrc, Green News

An un-redacted version of a recently released Nuclear Regulatory Commission report highlights the threat that flooding poses to nuclear power plants l...

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Guess Who Bank-Rolled Those Political Party Conventions

Reuters | Posted 12.17.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Sheldon Adelson, Costco, President Barack Obama, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Duke Energy, Duke Energy Chief Executive Jim Rogers, Marketing Solutions Publications, New American City, Business News

* Labor unions and Duke Energy biggest Democratic backers * Sheldon Adelson among donors to Republican convention * Demo...

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VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street At The DNC

Krzysztof Piotrowski | Posted 11.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Dnc, DNC Protest, Dnc Occupy, Climate Change, offthebus2012, Occupy Wall Street, Duke Energy, Democratic National Convention, Off the Bus, Offthebus, Video, Politics News
Krzysztof Piotrowski

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Protesters marched on the Bank of America headquarters during the Democratic National Convention to speak out against "corporate gre...

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Duke Energy's Jim Rogers to Address DNC, Despite Supporting ALEC's Voter Suppression

Whit Jones | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Read More: Alec Voter Id, Alec, Democratic National Convention 2012, Dnc Convention 2012, 2012 Election, Duke Energy, Elections 2012, Democratic National Convention, Jim Rogers Duke Energy, 2012 Democratic National Convention, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2012, 2012 Democratic Convention, DNC Convention, Democratic Convention, Video, Green News
Whit Jones

It's time for Jim Rogers and Duke Energy to dump ALEC. Thirty-eight major corporations have already left ALEC, so what is Duke waiting for? Mr. Rogers tells us that we'll know in "due time." That time is now.

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Christina Wilkie

Meet The Biggest Fat Cat At The DNC

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: Democratic Convention, Carbon Emissions, Democratic National Convention, Dnc Convention 2012, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2012, Democratic National Convention 2012, Elections 2012, 2012 Democratic National Convention, DNC Convention, Video, 2012 Election, Duke Energy, Jim Rogers Duke Energy, Climate Change, 2012 Democratic Convention, Jim Rogers, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Convention is a pivotal event for President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, his single biggest opportunity...

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'Green News Report' - September 4, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.04.2012 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Green Jobs, Rnc, Fuel Efficiency, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Drought, Video, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Hurricane Isaac, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Meteorology, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Arctic, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, RNC Convention, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Pesticides, Dnc, Antibiotic Resistance, Superbugs, Rats, Pollution Regulation, Democrats, Shell Oil, DNC Convention, Organic Food, Carbon Tax, Duke Energy, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY...

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Corporate cash helps fuel Democratic convention despite pledges

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 11.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: Duke Energy, Bank of America, Democratic Convention, Charlotte-North Carolina, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Unions, AT&T, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael BeckelThe Center for Public IntegrityCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- While Democrats have touted their grassroots fundraising efforts for the 201...

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Will Conventions Put Super PACs in the Skybox or in the Platform?

Blair Bowie | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Shadow Conventions 2012, Shadow Conventions, Citizens United, Political Donors, Duke Energy, Super PACs, Money in Politics, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
Blair Bowie

2012-08-28-scblog2.png The sad truth is that both parties are so focused on raising enough cash to win in a post-Citizens United world that they're unlikely to take a serious look at ways to change the playing field.

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Ousted CEO: Company Had 'Buyer's Remorse' After Enormous Merger

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 09.18.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Crystal River Nuclear Plant, Duke Energy, Duke Energy Corp, Bill Johnson, Jim Rogers, North Carolina, Progress Energy Inc., Business News

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke Energy Corp. displayed "buyer's remorse" a year into efforts to take over Progress Energy Inc. and tried to back out when a...

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Cold Shower Time

Joanne Spataro | Posted 09.11.2012 | Home
Read More: The North Carolina Drought Advisory Council, Magic Mike, Summer, Ryan Gosling, Duke Energy, Scarlett O'Hara, Charlotte, The Notebook, Gone With the Wind, Beat the Heat, North Carolina, Home News
Joanne Spataro

I was going to write about how hot summers are in the South. I would have told you when I wake up at 6:30 a.m., it's already 85 degrees with triple-di...

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Board Felt Ousted CEO's 'Style Was Autocratic'

Reuters | Posted 09.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Mergers and Acquisitions, Duke Energy Ceo, Progress Energy, Reuters, Duke Energy, Business News, Progress Energy Ceo, Jim Rogers Bill Johnson, Bill Johnson, Jim Rogers, Business News

* Board voted 10-5 to replace Johnson just after deal closed * Worries mounted about Crystal River nuclear plant * CEO R...

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Shady Merger Facing Probe

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 07.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Mergers and Acquisitions, Golden Parachute, Video, Duke Energy Merger Probe, Duke Energy, Business News, Duke Energy Merger, Mergers, Business News

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The sudden decision to replace the chief executive tapped to run America's largest electric company has prompted North Carolina's att...

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Man Plays CEO For A Day, Gets $44 Million In 'Corporate Hijacking'

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 07.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Progress Energy, Corporate Mergers, James Davis, Duke Energy, Merger, William Johnson, Duke Progress Energy, Business News

One guy just got paid $44 million to be CEO for a day. In an apparent corporate coup, Duke Energy, an electric power holding company that recently...

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Stopping Coal in Its Tracks: Will Historic Actions This Week Launch Summer Uprising?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.03.2012 | Green
Read More: Rainforest Action Network, Bank of America, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, James-Hansen, Duke Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Greenpeace, Mickey McCoy, Coal, Anti-Big Coal, Anti Big Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Activists in North Carolina tagged Apple's logo on the coal trains today, calling out the tech company's increasingly coal-fired needs at it expanding Maiden, NC, datacenter.

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Cincinnati Dumps Duke Energy

Philip Radford | Posted 04.28.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Energy, Duke Energy, Renewable Energy, Fracking, Green, Environmentalism, Green Living, Green News, Environment, Solar Power, Cincinnati Clean Energy, Cincinnati Renewable Energy, Cincinnati Dumps Duke Energy, Cincinnati Duke Energy, Green News
Philip Radford

A renewable energy future for the city of Cincinnati is great news; it is a great first step in the direction we need to go as a nation. It is time to see real, deployed, and distributed renewable energy solutions across America.

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