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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
(The Associated Press) Duke Energy Co. says it has banned a worker from the Oconee Nuclear Station after an investigation showed the contract employee brought marijuana into the facility. Duke Energy spokeswoman Sandra Magee told The Greenville News on Friday that a small quantity of the drug was found earlier this month in a protected area of the plant located about 30 miles west of Greenville. The...
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
They’ve partnered with Duke Energy to use wind power for 15% of their energy at hundreds of Wal-Mart stores in Texas.
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
In the heart of southwestern Indiana's coal country, Duke Energy Corp. crews are building what the company's chief executive calls the power plant of the future -- a $2.35 billion complex where coal will be turned into a gas, stripped of pollutants, then burned to generate electricity.
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The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Duke Energy Corp. will host its annual Duke Energy/CSX holiday train display downtown beginning Nov. 28, the company said.
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Duke Energy News (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The menu may be set for Thanksgiving, but cooks should remember that using energy efficiently can pay holiday dividends.
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The YWCA will hold its 30th annual Salute to Career Women of Achievement luncheon on April 22 at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown and is now accepting nominations.
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The Charlotte Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Duke Energy Corp. has pledged $250,000 to help Rowan-Cabarrus Community College fund the biotechnology facility it plans to build at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis.
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
(By Bruce Henderson, bhenderson@charlotteobserver.com) Duke Energy might have to curb toxic emissions from four of its coal-fired power plants under rule changes a state environmental panel is considering. The new rules would modify an old exemption from state toxic-air standards for about 480 facilities, including power plants, paper mills and furniture factories. Environmentalists say the changes...
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Go Green Park (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Filed under: GreenFinance, Alternative Energy How is the west Texas wind power boom weathering the financial hailstorm of 2008? Well, if the latest announcement between Wal-Mart and Duke Energy is any indication, business is still good (if not just a little less robust than projected). In a press release yesterday, Wal-Mart announced that 360 of its [...]
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Jim Cramer's Mad Money (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Thursday November 20 2008. These are all of Jim Cramer’s stock picks that are a Buy! I bold my picks. Buy: Alcoa (AA) Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Duke Energy (DUK) Family Dollar Stores (FDO) Flowers Foods (FLO) Kinder Morgan (KMP) Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) Sell: Atlas Pipeline Partners (APL) Activision (ATVI) DCP Midstream Partners (DPM) Fastenal (FAST) Freeport-McMoRan...
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Duke Energy News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Since 1946, more than 9 million people have visited Duke Energy s lobby at Fourth and Main streets to see one of the world s largest model train displays.
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Green Daily (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Filed under: GreenFinance , Alternative Energy How is the west Texas wind power boom weathering the financial hailstorm of 2008? Well, if the latest announcement between Wal-Mart and Duke Energy is any indication, business is still good (if not just a little less robust than projected). In a press release yesterday, Wal-Mart announced that 360 of its Texas locations will be getting a significant chunk...
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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Wal-Mart has signed a four-year agreement with Duke Energy to supply up to 15 percent of the retailer’s total energy load for about 360 Texas Wal-Mart stores and other facilities using wind energy. Under the deal, Duke Energy will provide about 226 million kilowatt-hours of renewable power each year from a wind farm that’s currently under [...]
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Filed under: Other issues , Duke Energy (DUK) The latest trend in the utilities sector could deliver an unpleasant 'jolt' (pun intended) to electric power generation companies, if it continues. U.S. electricity consumption unexpectedly dropped in Q2 and Q3, on a year-over-year basis, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday ( subscription required ), although The Journal cautioned that the data is...
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The Pondering Primate (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Having a major retailer commit to a product or service can be as transformational as a government mandate. From Wall Street Journal Blog WalMart Commits To Wind Power The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer just announced a deal with Duke Energy to use wind power for 15% of the electricity at hundreds of its Texas stores. The wind will come from a Duke wind farm slated to go operational next spring....
