Difference between revisions of "Cliffside Plant"
(SW: moved image) |
m (SW: →Financing: fix citi link) |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
==Financing== | ==Financing== | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Citigroup]] |
*[[Credit Suisse]] | *[[Credit Suisse]] | ||
*[[Goldman Sachs]] | *[[Goldman Sachs]] | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 12 November 2008
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm}} Although Duke Energy chairman Jim Rogers is an active proponent of legislation to address global warming, Duke continues to pursue development of new coal power plants.[1] Duke Energy originally proposed two new 800 MW units at its Cliffside plant in North Carolina. In February 2007, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved one unit and rejected the other [2]; in June 2007, the commission denied a request for reconsideration of this decision.
Contents
Citizens Hearings
In response to the Department of Air Quality holding just one hearing, in the remote location of Forest City, Cliffside held citizens’ hearings in Asheville, Raleigh, and Charlotte.
Criticism by National Park Service and EPA
In Dec. 2007, representatives of the National Park Service and the U.S. EPA warned that state environmental regulators were approving the project too quickly and with too little oversight.[3]
Direct Action Protests
Nov. 15, 2007: Student blockade of Duke Energy headquarters
On November 15, 2007, two Warren Wilson College students dressed as polar bears chained themselves to the door of Duke Energy's headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, in protest of the Cliffside Plant. Several dozen people held a rally in support of their blockade, dressing as Santa Claus and elves and presenting a stocking full of coal to the company. The two students were arrested on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct.[4][5][6]
April 1, 2008: Rising Tide/Earth First! occupation of Cliffside construction site
On April 1, 2008, as part of the Fossil Fools International Day of Action, a group of North Carolina activists with Rising Tide and Earth First! locked themselves to bulldozers to prevent the construction of the Cliffside coal-fired power plant proposed by Duke in western North Carolina. Others roped off the site with "Global Warming Crime Scene" tape, and held banners protesting the construction of the plant. Police used pain compliance holds and tasers to force the activists to unlock themselves from the construction equipment. Eight people were arrested.[7][8]
Project Details
Sponsor: Duke Energy
Location: Cliffside, NC
Type: Conventional Pulverized
Capacity: 1600 MW (2 units)
Projected in service: 2011
Status: One unit rejected; one in permitting
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Appalachian Voices, outreach [at] appvoices.org
- Asheville Rising Tide, risingtide [at] mountainrebel.net
- North Carolina Sierra Club, Molly Diggins, molly.diggins [at] sierraclub-nc.org
- Southern Environmental Law Center, Gudrun Thompson, webmaster [at] selcva.org
- North Carolina Waste Awareness & Reduction Network (NC WARN, ncwarn [at] ncwarn.org
Resources
References
- ↑ "Cliffside, Coal and Global Warming", North Carolina Sierra Club, undated, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ Duke Energy's Cliffside Power Plant, NC Warn, undated, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ "Smokies Power Plant Decried", The News & Observer, December 15, 2007.
- ↑ Students Chain Selves to Duke, Raleigh News & Observer, November 16, 2007.
- ↑ Direct Action at Duke Energy Over Proposed Coal Expansion, It's Getting Hot In Here blog, November 15, 2007.
- ↑ “Duke Energy Headquarters Blockaded in Opposition to New Coal Plant", Infoshop News, November 17, 2007.
- ↑ "Eight Climate Protesters Arrested at U.S. Coal Plant", Reuters, April 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Eight Arrested as North Carolina Residents Shut Down Construction at Cliffside Coal Plant", Fossil Fools Day blog, April 1, 2008.
Related SourceWatch Articles
External links
- "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 1, 2007, page 17. (Pdf)
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed December 2007. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- Duke Energy, corporate website
