Duke Energy is asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to raise rates on their utility customers to finance their new dirty coal plant in Western North Carolina. The Cliffside Coal plant is unneccesary and will emit 6 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Residentsts have been protesting the plant construction, with 43 protestors being arrested in Charlotte in April.

Top 5 Reasons Carbon Capture

and Storage is a Myth

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#1: CCS cannot deliver in time to avoid dangerous climate change

The earliest possibility for deployment of CCS on a large commercial scale is not expected before 2030. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) does not expect CCS to be commercially viable until at least 2050. Nor does Oil-giant Shell who "doesn't foresee CCS being in