Our Issues

Duke Energy, the state's largest utility, wants to build a new 800-megawatt coal-fired power plant about 55 miles west of Charlotte, on the South Carolina border. If built, the proposed plant would emit millions of tons a year of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

Energy efficiency programs should save consumers money and curb emissions. Does Duke Power’s proposed Save-a-Watt program accomplish this goal?

North Carolina has a flexible, working policy on coastal management. But a proposed bill aims to change that. Will the proposed hardened structures of Figure 8 Island and Ocean Isle Beach destroy our coasts?

Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, staff, and conservation partners, NC Sierra Club has had a lot to celebrate recently.

New solid waste laws and the first electronics recycling program in the southeast were major environmental victories of the 2007 legislative session in North Carolina.