DURHAM, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * Anti-science NC Utilities Commission tragically sides with Duke as usual * * * The utilities commission gave Duke essentially everything it wanted - as usual - in its order issued late Friday. They're expanding fossil fuels and suppressing renewables - exactly backward from the demands of climate scientists. Duke and the commission seem anti-sc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Raleigh, NC: In a surprise move late last Friday, months ahead of schedule, the North Carolina Utility Commission (NCUC) approved Duke's energy plan that abandons the state's requirement to reduce carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030. This decision means that not only will Duke fail to comply with a state law passed just three years ago, but the utility is following a plan that is not compliant   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission late Friday issued a Carbon Plan that approves many of monopoly utility Duke Energy's proposals and fails to meet the carbon pollution reduction requirements mandated by state law. The Southern Environmental Law Center intervened in the Carbon Plan proceeding on behalf of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Si  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Cam Adams The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in Western Carolina University's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues. Getting a grant to fund the Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program took lots of meetings, lots of data collection -- and lots of waiting. Getting the thumbs up from the National Science Foundation took a bit longer than expect  more

ELON, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- Elon University issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: Carrie F. Ricci, who previously served for two decades in uniform and today provides legal counsel to the Secretary of the Army, will address graduates in a December ceremony on the main campus of Elon University. The top lawyer for the United States Army will share perspectives on leadership and the legal profession when she visits North Carolina in December to deliver a Commencement address to   more