Article | 11.11.2024
A Pipeline Runs Through It
Past a prison and an elementary school, the T15 pipeline will traverse 45 miles of North Carolina countryside that Shelley Robbins wanted to see for herself. The T15 is planned as a critical...
Article | 11.06.2024
It’s not too late for TVA and Elon Musk to take Memphis’s environmental health seriously
Article | 11.05.2024
Key Pollution Limits Pass Crucial First Test
Article | 11.04.2024
North Carolina Utilities Commission Adopts Duke’s Fossil Plan as its Carbon Plan
Climate takes a backseat as the NCUC adopts Duke's preferred approach of meeting new load growth with a massive fossil gas buildout over decarbonization
Article | 10.06.2024
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
With increasingly catastrophic storms like Helene, we need to call the source of this destruction what it is – burning fossil fuels. Yet this message is not being elevated in our region like it...
Article | 09.25.2024
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has a hole to fill on North Carolina’s road to decarbonization
Big decisions are coming regarding what resources will fill a looming hole in electricity generation as coal plants are retired and an uncertain amount of new load is added to the grid.
Article | 09.23.2024
TVA Draft IRP – Exceedingly Broad Planning is Meaningless
TVA's draft does not present a single strategy or plan for TVA to prioritize moving forward. Instead it presents 30 potential paths forward based on 6 scenarios and 5 strategies.
Article | 09.13.2024
From Lifeline to Land Grab
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was once a beacon of hope for rural communities, bringing electricity and progress to the region during one of the hardest times in American history. Today,...
Article | 09.09.2024
TVA Raises Rates without Public Scrutiny to continue Fossil Fuel Bonanza
Article | 09.05.2024
Is Duke Energy planning our power grid, or are they just guessing?
The country's third largest energy company says it is trying to meet carbon reduction standards. But Duke's actions don't seem to match its words.