Duke Energy asks SEC for permission to kill BURN MORE COAL shareholder proposal

Afraid its anti-coal misrepresentations will be exposed to shareholders and the public, Duke Energy has officially requested permission from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude from its 2019 proxy statement the shareholder proposal requesting a greenwashing audit recently submitted by BURN MORE COAL. Stay tuned for our response and the ultimate SEC decision!

Coal vs. Utilities at EPA

A recent story by Bloomberg’s Jennifer Dloughy spotlights the struggle between coal and the utilities at EPA on the upcoming redo of the MATS rule. We correct and comment on the article as needed. It’s time for the coal industry to pay attention so the utilities don’t get the best of it again.

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Poland to build its largest coal plant

“Elektrownia Ostroleka, a company co-owned by energy giants Enea and Energa, has been awarded a 15-year contract to build and operate Ostroleka C, set to become Poland’s largest coal-fired power plant. The contract is worth 6.023 billion zloty (1.4 billion euros) in state capacity subsidies, with the plant expected to deliver 853 MW of energy by 2023.” The perfect coda to the recently concluded UN climate conference.

Source: EmergingEurope.com