Some legislators want to walk back NC clean energy commitments

Some legislators want to walk back NC clean energy commitments

With federal priority changes and President Trump pushing pro-energy agenda, some GOP lawmakers want to roll back NC clean energy policies. Some legislators want to walk back NC clean energy commitments is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider …

Conservatives Support Duke Energy’s Clean Energy Plans For North Carolina

“Remember the cold, dark Christmas Eve blackout two years ago, when several of [Duke Energy’s] coal and natural gas plants failed?” Carson Butts, former state director of Raleigh-headquartered Conservatives for Clean Energy North Carolina, asked in an op-ed published in Business North Carolina in February. “North Carolina’s surging demand for electricity — partly for the power-hungry data centers and heavy industries flocking here — has made it …