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Last month's coal ash spill in North Carolina's has become a dramatic example of the influence a single company, Duke Energy, can exert through political spending and having friends in high places. Since the spill, which contaminated a large part of the Dan River, protesters have called on NC Gov. Pat McCrory to hold Duke accountable and take steps to prevent future spills.\"duke_energy_logo_\"<\/a><\/p>

And this week, protesters gathered in Charlotte to challenge Duke's plan <\/a>to have its own customers pay for cleaning up the spill, with Duke claiming that such accidents are the price of producing electricity.<\/p>

According to research by our friends at Democracy North Carolina, Duke spent more than $1 million in support of Gov. McCrory's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, gave more than $400,000 to state lawmakers last year, and is using its Renew North Carolina committee to spend untraceable \"dark money\" in support of Gov. McCrory's policy's.<\/p>

This combination of toxic spending and toxic pollution is putting a national spotlight on Duke, and a massive protest is planned for the company's annual shareholders meeting in Charlotte on May 1, where shareholders will be voting on a resolution that would require the company to disclose all of its political spending.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nDuke: It’s Our Mess, You Clean It Up - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/mga-artikulo-2\/duke-its-our-mess-you-clean-it-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Duke: It’s Our Mess, You Clean It Up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/mga-artikulo-2\/duke-its-our-mess-you-clean-it-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/duke-its-our-mess-you-clean-it-up\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/duke-its-our-mess-you-clean-it-up\/\",\"name\":\"Duke: It’s Our Mess, You Clean It Up - 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