Green Energy
Our communities deserve clean, sustainable, homegrown energy. We believe North Carolina can lead the South into a 21st-century energy economy that’s built to last.
MountainTrue is dedicated to helping North Carolina communities transition to renewable energy. We work with local community members, policymakers and utilities to bring our region sustainable solutions for our ever-growing energy needs.
Become a Member of the Recycling Team in Henderson County
This task force promotes city, county, and regional recycling programs (including curb-side pick-up) and advocates to improve Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle programs. The Recycling Team educates the public and policymakers about best practices by speaking at county commission meetings, writing letters to the editor, holding public forums, contacting schools and businesses, and organizing eco-tours. For more information or to become a committee member, email Katie Breckheimer at breckheimerkatie@gmail.com.
Energy and Sustainability News
McCrory directs Duke to bring coal ash spill under control
From http://governor.nc.gov/: Governor travels with his environmental agency staff to spill site in Eden Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory traveled to the site of the coal ash spill in Eden Thursday to direct Duke Energy to take all needed measures...
BREAKING NEWS: Dan River ‘highly toxic’ due to Duke Energy coal ash spill
From MyFOX8.com: EDEN, N.C. — A certified laboratory analysis of water samples taken from the Dan River on Feb. 4 reveal that the water immediately downstream of Duke Energy’s ash spill is “contaminated with extremely high levels of arsenic, chromium, iron, lead and...
Check out video of the Feb. 3 Keystone pipeline vigil in Asheville
On Monday, Feb. 3, only three days after the State Department announced in its report that the Keystone XL Pipeline would have "no significant impact" on climate change, there were hundreds of candlelight vigils and demonstrations coordinated nationwide to let...
Get Southeast Coal Ash updates on the Dan River spill
On Sunday, Feb. 2, a stormwater pipe burst beneath a coal ash impoundment at Duke Energy’s retired Dan River Power Station near Eden. Duke Energy estimates that between 50,000 to 82,000 tons of coal ash and up to 27 million gallons of wastewater have run into the Dan...