Students at Duke University are protesting the expansion of Duke Energy, one of the nation’s largest power companies, with letters and phone calls. While Duke Energy representatives say the new facility would be among the cleanest coal-burning plants in the nation, opponents counter that Duke Energy’s claims amount to nothing more than green-washing.  Student activists hope to leverage the University’s strong ties to Duke Energy – half of the University’s endowment is in the power company – to stop the construction of a new plant.

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