Carrboro accused Duke, one the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels.

A town in North Carolina sued utility firm Duke Energy on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving its customers and the broader public about the harms of climate change.

The lawsuit seeks to hold Duke Energy accountable for “the damages inflicted on the town by the corporation’s campaign to delay the transition from plant-heating fossil fuels to

Carrboro is suing Duke Energy over its contributions to climate change and the resulting economic pressures put onto the local government.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) -1.4% in Monday's trading after the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved a request to lower residential customers' costs by 4.5%, thanks to declining fuel prices. Duke (DUK) said a typical residential customer in North Carolina using 1,

Carrboro, N.C., accuses Duke of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing’

A small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy for costs from climate change, claiming the utility knew its fossil fuel power plants were heating the planet and deceived the public.

Carrboro, a town near Chapel Hill, filed a lawsuit against Duke Energy, one of the nation's largest energy utility companies.

The town of Carrboro sued Duke Energy Corp. today for the company’s decades-long role leading a nationwide climate deception scheme that has worsened the climate crisis, harmed the community and cost the town millions of dollars.

Carrboro accuses Duke Energy of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing’