Our Views

03.15.2016

Coastal voices win out over Big Oil’s influence as plans for Atlantic drilling are cancelled

Today is a a day to celebrate. The Obama Administration has chosen to side with the interests of citizens, small businesses, and coastal communities over the influence of Big Oil and has announced...

03.11.2016

A tragic anniversary: Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster – 5 years later

03.11.2016

What Presidential Candidates Said About Climate Change in the Florida Debates This Week

03.10.2016

Sleeping Giants: TVA and Georgia Power Stuck in Second Gear on Energy Efficiency

03.09.2016

How many jobs do wind farms create?

NREL developed the JEDI model to enable stakeholders and decision makers an easy way to ground-truth jobs and economic development potential associated with many sources of new generation...

03.09.2016

Florida Communities Want to Talk Climate in the Presidential Debates

Sea level rise is contributing to increasingly costly flooding and the contamination of drinking water supplies with salt water for communities along the East Coast, but nowhere are these impacts of...

03.07.2016

Fate of Nearly 100 Million Tons of Coal Ash Could Hinge on NCDEQ Hearings

The fate of coal ash pits rated "low-" and "low-to-intermediate-" risk at seven of Duke's power plant sites could hinge on public hearings happening through the end of March.

03.04.2016

A Tale of Two Utilities: Post-Merger Duke Sees Growth in Carolina Energy Efficiency

Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have the opportunity to take a leadership role in how energy efficiency programs are implemented in the Southeast. The companies can and should design...

03.03.2016

What is threatening Biscayne and Everglades National Parks and South Florida’s Drinking Water?

03.02.2016

Wind Power Provides 40% of Electricity to Southwest Power Pool

Late in the evening on February 18th, wind energy provided more energy to the Southwest Power Pool electric grid than coal, natural gas or nuclear power. At roughly 11PM, wind power generated nearly...