​In summer and fall 2022 our members have been working with NC WARN, Appalachian Voices and other non-profit groups to strengthen Duke Energy's commitment to  phase out coal and gas-fired generation plants and support both utility scale and rooftop solar.  We've participated in and protested outside a Durham public hearing on Duke's proposed carbon plan,  and we helped create a protest rally outside a Raleigh NC Utility Commission meeting on the plan.  We've also promoted "Solarize the Triangle" --a new campaign by Interfaith Creation Care -- a coalition of  local congregations and non-profits -- working to speed up adoption of rooftop solar in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. 

 

Don Nonini, CommunEcos president, has led a series of organizing meetings to promote formation an  NC chapter of Third Act -- a new non-profit, co-founded by Bill McKibben,  that harnesses the energy of retired people and those close to retirement in the struggle for a cleaner climate and sustainable future. See our Third Act page for details.

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Other energy-related educational events  we've sponsored this year include:

• "Solar for All" a film on low income solar in Washington, DC (Oct 14)

• Hawaii's path to sustainable energy (Sept. 16)

• Solar Schools (in Durham) talk by Wafa Khalil and Dale Evarts (July 8)

• The Quest for Greener, Safer, Cheaper Nuclear Power (June 17)

• "The New Fire" film on new nuclear technologies (June 3)

•  "The Power of Big Oil" -film -(May 6)

• "Duke Energy's Approach to Carbon Reduction: Kill Solar" - talk by Sally Robertson, NC WARN (Apr. 29)