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Dirty energy making profits for Duke Energy nuclear company

Duke Energy: still profiting from environmental destruction  by mdorozen –  Greenpeace USA, May 6, 2011 At Duke Energy’s annual shareholder meeting, the company announced first quarter profits up 15%— profits that don’t reflect the hidden costs of dirty energy: the subsidies, healthcare costs and environmental costs that are passed on to the American public.  Profits that Duke built on environmentally destructive practices and at the cost of human lives.

The meeting was marked by significant environmental protests as Duke announced plans for new nuclear plants in Florida and the Carolinas and coal plants in Indiana and North Carolina—in fact, the meeting came on the heels of controversial announcements about the potential merger of Duke Energy and Progress energy, and a weak policy on Mountaintop Coal.
The green coalition press conference and rally, MC’d by Greenpeace’s Charlotte organizer, Monica Embrey, took place on the doorstep of Duke Energy’s annual  Shareholders’ Meeting.  Speakers from NC WARN and other groups emphasized the risky nature of investing in dirty energy. About fifty environmental demonstrators came out from across the state to express concern about Duke’s merger with Progress Energy, which would make it an even more formidable force for dirty energy interests….. Duke Energy: still profiting from environmental destruction | Greenpeace USA

May 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA