Duke Energy, Bank of America and Charlotte use “extraordinary event” order to suppress upcoming shareholder protests

For immediate release: May 2, 2012

11am at Duke Energy Building

526 S. Church St, Charlotte NC

Contact: Roxana Bendezu, roxanabendezu@gmail.com, 704-264-4444 or Monica Embrey, membrey@greenpeace.org, 773-419-0963

www.ncagainstcorporatepower.org

www.greenpeace.org

Denouncing anti-protest ordinance, local and national groups gear up for a show down in Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC) The NC Coalition Against Corporate Power, Greenpeace, and Rainforest Action Network who are planning massive protests at the Duke Energy shareholder’s meeting on May 3^rd and Bank of America’s shareholders’ meeting on May 9^th, said that the City of Charlotte’s designation of the meeting as an “extraordinary event” would not deter or intimidate people from attending the events.

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