Now more than 50 years old, the federal Clean Water Act deserves a fresh look. That was the message U.S. Rep. David Rouzer delivered as he chaired a congressional hearing on the topic Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee cleared a bill that helps pave the way for nuclear energy to play a significant role in North Carolina’s energy future. The bill revises the definition of renewable energy to use the term “clean energy” instead. Senate Bill 678 (S.B. 678) would replace the term “renewable energy” with “clean...
Andre Beliveau, John Locke Foundation strategic projects and government affairs manager, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 678, Promote Clean Energy. Beliveau offered these comments during an April 25, 2023, meeting of the Senate Rules Committee.
Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation director of government affairs, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 669, Solar Decommissioning Requirements. Roberts offered these comments during the April 18, 2023, meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee.
The approaching summer and Atlantic hurricane season are bound to bring doom-and-gloom predictions/
Less than two weeks after going to court, the N.C. Environmental Management Commission has dropped its lawsuit against the state Rules Review Commission. The EMC offered the court no explanation for its decision.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a first of its kind National Primary Drinking Water Regulation at a press conference in Wilmington on Tuesday. The regulation applies to six PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as "forever chemicals" that can be found in drinking water.
More than four months after Gov. Roy Cooper dropped his lawsuit against a group that oversees N.C. government rules, a state commission has filed its own complaint against the same group. The N.C. Environmental Management Commission filed suit Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court against the Rules Review Commission. State legislators appoint all 10 RRC...
Wake County hopes the state’s highest court will take up a dispute involving the county’s scrap metal contract. The county wants to see a lawsuit from a losing contract bidder thrown out.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance environmental justice, and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
