The Town of Carrboro filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court accusing Duke Energy of deceiving the public for decades about the impact of climate change while actively contributing to the problem on a massive scale.

The town of Carrboro, North Carolina, said Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK), claiming the utility has deceived its customers and the broader public about the environmental dangers caused by fossil fuels.

The lawsuit seeks to hold Duke Energy accountable for "the damages inflicted on the town by the corporation's campaign to delay the transition from plant-heating fossil fuels to renewable energy," leaders with the Town of Carrboro said in a release on Tuesday.

A town in North Carolina sued utility firm Duke Energy on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving its customers and the broader public about the harms of climate change. The town of Carrboro, about 30 miles from the state capital of Raleigh,

Carrboro is suing Duke Energy over its contributions to climate change and the resulting economic pressures put onto the local government.

In October, Oregon’s Multnomah county, which includes Portland, became the first municipality to sue a utility over climate deception when it added the regional gas provider NW Natural to its 2023 lawsuit against fossil fuel corporations for fueling a fatal 2021 heat dome.

Carrboro accused Duke, one the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels.

A small town in North Carolina accuses Duke Energy of running a decadeslong “deception campaign” to mislead the public about its commitment to clean energy while remaining one of the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.

Carrboro accuses Duke Energy of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing’

A small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy for costs from climate change, claiming the utility knew its fossil fuel power plants were heating the planet and deceived the public.

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