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On the Movement to Stop Cliffside

As the movement builds to end coal power across the country, the fight against Duke Energy's expansion of Cliffside coal-fired power plant in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

From the grassroots, there are over a dozen environmental groups extending pressure on Duke Energy's CEO Jim Rogers to stop the expansion of a 800-MW coal-fired power plant at the Cliffside facilities. Along side the expansion, Duke Energy plans to close three smaller plants. The company portrays the changes to Cliffside as reducing emissions, but the fact, the net effect will continue current levels of carbon emission, about 6 million tons per year. It will also evaporate 21 million gallons of water daily from the already drought-ridden southeast region. The $2.4 billion price-tag for the unnecessary new generator falls on ratepayers pockets, their health and the consequences of our climate crisis.