Aug 17, 2012
Today, Greenpeace and the Coalition to March on Wall Street South sent a letter to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, highlighting the DNC’s connection to the American Legislative Exchange Council through Duke Energy. In May, Duke gave ALEC $50,000 for its meeting in Charlotte, NC and has consistently offered staff [...]
Jun 22, 2012
About 30 people – including Beth Henry who spoke about the impact of coal on the environment - and members of Occupy Charlotte, staged a “bad air day” to protest Bank of America’s financing of the coal industry. They dumped 500 pounds of coal and then cleaned it up with a “Citizen Clean-Up Crew”. Bank [...]
Apr 19, 2012
CHARLOTTE – U.S. postal workers across the nation took to the streets on one of the busiest postal days of the year, to rally for support. Members of the American Postal Workers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Unions want the public to know about possible changes to service. They said those changes would be [...]
