Durham, NC - “A commitment by the largest utility in the country to drastically reduce carbon pollution is laudable. We challenge Duke Energy to work with Audubon and others to develop state energy policies that can deliver on this ambitious and extremely urgent goal,” says Andrew Hutson, Audubon North Carolina Executive Director.

The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. Audubon is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at www.audubon.org and @audubonsociety. Audubon North Carolina, a state program of the National Audubon Society, has offices in Durham, Boone, Corolla, and Wilmington. Learn more at www.nc.audubon.org and on Twitter at @audubonnc.

Media contact: Ben Graham, ben.graham@audubon.org, 919-880-3793.