North Carolina Town Files New Climate Fraud Suit Against Electric Utility

A North Carolina town is filing a climate change fraud suit against the utility Duke Energy, the first in what could be a new round of suits to target a power company following years of climate litigation that municipalities and states have brought against oil majors. The Dec. 4 suit , Town of Carrboro, NC, v. Duke Energy Corp. , filed in Orange County Superior Court, alleges that Duke has understood the dangers of fossil fuel emissions for decades, but...