A small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy, alleging in a complaint that one of the nation’s largest electric utilities has “actively participated in a far-reaching, decades-long campaign to deceive the public and decision-makers” about the dangers of climate change.
The complaint alleges that the corporation has known about the perils posed by the climate crisis for more than 50 years, and rather than mitigate its impact, has instead “engaged in widespread ‘greenwashing’ to suggest to the public that it is committed to clean energy and addressing the climate crisis,” even as the problem worsened.
