Even a particularly destructive hurricane cannot be said to be caused by — nor offer proof of — human-caused climate change.
As the country heads into the unofficial start of summer this weekend, the Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it would release 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump.
Each visit to my local supermarket is startling. The prices of milk, meat, and other basics seem to be skyrocketing. It doesn’t take much digging to find out that food prices have risen in the last three years at highest rate since the Great Inflation of 1979-1983.
By all accounts, President Biden is going to be spending a lot more time in North Carolina. But I’d wager to guess he won’t say a thing during his visits about what his administration has just done to ban most new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles by 2032. If this is news to you,...
Mike Jones owner of MAE Farm Meats talks food deserts, food insecurity, and changes in agriculture.
Gov. Cooper & Sec. Granholm create new jobs in partnership with Siemens Energy under tax credit program.
The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is siding with Pender County in its legal fight with a company seeking a permit for a 2,300-acre solar farm. The Farm Bureau filed paperwork Monday at the state Court of Appeals to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
This week on “The Debrief”: President Biden returns to Raleigh. The North Carolina Republican Party elects a new chairman. Primary election results are in the books. Carolina Journal digs deeper into the details of NCInnovation. CJ shines light on state budget reserve funds that hide spending increases. Lawmakers take another look at plans to reduce...
n a new analysis, experts ‘graded the grid’ and found wind and solar to be the worst energy generation options.
Duke Energy has revealed plans to build a new natural gas power plant in Catawba County beginning in 2026, sticking to a reliable fossil fuel source as power demand grows and green energy options fall short.
The American Farmland Trust (AFT) ranked North Carolina second in the nation for farmland threatened from residential development. It’s a big concern. Agriculture is the state’s top industry, employing about one-fifth of the state’s workforce. According to North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, North Carolina has about 8.3 million acres of farmland. Per AFT estimates,...
