Look forward to seeing some of you at Communities Over Corporate Profits: How We Win in Durham Sunday afternoon! Information about that event and more below.
March 8, Communities Over Corporate Profits: How We Win!
12-3:30 pm, Durham Central Park, 501 Foster St, Durham
Are you worried about the effects AI Data Centers may have on your bills? Want to see more renewable energy and fewer natural gas pipelines? Wish you knew how to be a part of climate resiliency and progress in our state?
Join us and allies to learn directly from leaders who are advancing renewable energy projects, pushing back on pipelines and data centers, supporting education and labor rights and creating sustainable food systems and climate resilience. Featuring special guests, art with Paperhand Puppets, Triangle Raging Grannies, breakout groups, music, and keynote speaker Enfield Mayor Mondale Robinson. Community Fridges will be collecting food donations for the Durham community.
*Don’t forget Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday!
March 16, Press conference & Lee County Commissioner meeting
At the end of the last county commissioners’ meeting people power came together and made Commissioner Vorbeck move for a presentation to be added to the March 16 agenda from Southern Environmental Law Center on regulating data centers and crypto-mining! Together can make a moratorium happen! SHOW UP, to show the data center OUT! More info and register here.
March 16, 6:30 pm, virtual, you must register in advance by March 9 here.
March 17, 7 pm, Asheville, Buncombe County Courthouse, 60 Court Plaza
March 18, Carbon Plan Rally & Public Hearing
Rally: 5:30 – 6:45 pm (outside the courthouse), Public Hearing: 7 – 9 pm (Courtroom 5350)
Mecklenburg County Courthouse, (Courtroom 5350), 832 E 4th St, Charlotte
We demand clean, affordable energy for North Carolina! The rally will feature speakers from across NC. Register here.
**If you’re not able to attend any of the hearings, you can still submit a public comment to the NCUC here. Be sure to include Docket E-100 Sub 207. All comments must be submitted by March 30.
March 21, 36th Annual Clean-Up-A-Thon
Hosted by Haw River Assembly. Each year, volunteers from across 8 counties come together to protect and restore the Haw River by removing trash and debris from streambanks, lakes, and river access areas. More info and register here.
March 25, Jokes on you: How Environmental and Climate Campaigns Can Effectively Use Humor Online
1 pm
Hosted by Make Polluters Pay, this webinar will showcase the value and effectiveness of using humor in online political organizing and campaigns. It will feature examples from both Crooked Media and Fossil Free Media’s social media, highlighting lessons learned and best practices. Register here.
March 25, No Kings No Billionaires: Together We Stand
8 pm, online
Hear from May Day organizers from across the country on how we are building from now to No Kings 3, May Day, and beyond. Register here.
March 28, No Kings 3
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy. There are many events taking place in NC, including in Raleigh, Durham, Pittsboro, and Charlotte. More information here.
March 31, Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout
1-5 pm, online
In the lead up to the International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia, Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN) is hosting global women leaders at a virtual pre-conference assembly to strategize and generate momentum for action on a fossil fuel phaseout and a Just Transition. Policymakers, frontline leaders, global advocates, and parliamentarians will discuss the challenges to ending the era of fossil fuels as well as successful policies, campaigns, and solutions to ensure a just and equitable phaseout. Register here.
March 31, End Fossil Fuel Contingents Mass Call
8 pm, online
Hosted by Power Up: Movement to End Fossil Fuels. This Spring we have a huge opportunity to show up as part of the broader movement fighting authoritarianism and to expose the critical role Big Oil is playing in helping Trump gain and exercise control. We are bringing together the people fighting against Big Oil and for climate justice to show up as a unified block during moments of mass mobilizations this Spring. Register here.
Save the Dates
Duke Energy rate hike hearings begin March 30 in Raleigh and will run through May 12 in Durham. There will be rallies and press conferences before some of the hearings.
April 11, World Water Day Celebration. “Where Water Flows, Equality Grows.”
1-4 pm, Twin Lakes Park, Durham
ACTIONS!
Tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: NO 404 for MVP Southgate! Sign here.
SSEP Watch ~ Organizing Community Construction Monitoring
With FERC’s approval of the SSEP last month, we have an essential role to play during the construction process. We need to mobilize and begin water sampling/gathering evidence as soon as possible. Haw River Assembly is providing essential support by aiding in and conducting initial water testing. Please fill out this form to let us know if you’d like to participate here. Community training meetings will be set up before anyone is expected to go out and begin surveillance. Email [email protected] for more information.
Call on N.C. leaders to reject Duke Energy’s rate hikes!
Use this great Appalachian Voices letter to write or call your NC Representative and Senator here.
No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future! Let’s demand that leaders reject wars for oil and commit to a future built on peace, justice, and renewable energy. Sign here.
Call Senators Budd and Tillis and ask them to vote against opening up the lands adjacent to the beautiful Boundary Waters in MN to copper mining!
Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress for blanket immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for fueling the crisis. Tell Congress: No Immunity for Big Oil here.
Update in Person County After over a year of no answers, Person County announces that Microsoft is planning a data center. No actionable commitment to protection from higher electric bills, air pollution, water supply issues, or a real jobs commitment. Do you or friends live in Person County? Share and sign this letter demanding answers here.
Urge Governor Stein to challenge Duke Energy’s worsening climate recordhere.
Lee County, Pass a Moratorium on Data Centers & Cryptomining! No Fracking Data Centerhere.
ARTICLES and VIDEOS
Press release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit for Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) pipeline here.
Community Leaders Raise Concerns About Accelerated Clearing Ahead by 7 Directions of Service here.
The Supreme Court Will Weigh in On Big Oil’s Favorite Defense Against Climate Liability Lawsuits. By Amy Westervelt here.
Trump’s War on Iran: As People Are Killed, Big Oil’s Windfall Will Deepen Our Energy Affordability Crisis by Lorne Stockman here.
