In the past few months, people from all across the country have started to realize that clean coal is a dirty lie. Yet, powerful coal companies like Duke Energy continue their plans to build more deadly coal-fired plants, such as the two 800-megawatt coal-fired units in Cliffside, North Carolina.

Recently, the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) ruled that Duke Energy’s Cliffside coal plant is a “minor source of emissions”. Talk about a dirty lie. Duke Energy is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US. If the Cliffside plant is completed, it will emit over 6 million tons of CO2 every year, and will use coal from mountaintop removal sites.

On April 20th, Waterkeeper Alliance was joined by environmental groups and protesters in a peaceful rally to stop the Cliffside Coal Plant in Charlotte, North Carolina (www.stopcliffside.org). You can help by joining us. Or, you can show support by donating today.

Your contribution helps us continue fighting companies like Duke Energy. Every donation helps. Our future depends on it.
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