Anti-coal pranksters target Duke Energy CEO at home

This past weekend, anti-coal activists took the fight against Duke Energy's plans to build a polluting new coal-fired power plant in North Carolina to the front yard of CEO Jim Rogers' Charlotte home.

On a strip of grass next to the sidewalk, the activists set up a stack of boxes labeled "Rogerside" (a play on the real plant's name of Cliffside) and declared that their "power plant" would be fueled by Rogers himself. Said Jill Rockingham, the prank plant's "chief engineer":

"The hot air emitting from Jim Rogers mouth has been around for quite some time, but the last couple of years has seen an exponential growth of this untapped energy source as Rogers parades around the country calling for greenhouse gas reductions while building the dirty Cliffside coal plant. This was simply an opportunity we couldn't pass up."

The protesters were with the Asheville, N.C. chapter of Rising Tide North America, a grassroots network of groups and individuals who take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change and promote local, community-based solutions to the climate crisis. To read their full statement about the action, click here.