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.
The push for electric vehicles in North Carolina and across the country may be the step that broke the “power grid’s back,” according to a new report.
After news last week of layoffs and a restructuring of its North American division, VinFast may have cleared a hurdle in its efforts to build a production plant in Chatham County.
Officials from renewable energy entities held a meeting recently to discuss the rolling blackouts that left thousands in North and South Carolina without power over the Christmas holidays. The renewables proponents said solar performed "as expected." "While solar performed as expected, that 'as expected' meant there was no solar production at all during peak demand that morning," said Jon Sanders, of the Center for Food, Power, and Life.
U.S. Rep. David Rouzer, R-7th District, will chair a congressional subcommittee that focuses on the nation’s water resources. Rouzer will lead the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Longtime college basketball commentator Billy Packer died Thursday night at age 82. Carolina Journal reported in 2011 on Packer's battle with state environmental regulators.
The North Carolina Utilities Commission released its long-awaited Friday, a proposal that aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
The governor's concerns about rotating power outages remind this observer of a famous fictional movie character.
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals ruling could force Wake County to revisit its contract for scrap metal collection. Appellate judges agreed Tuesday to revive a lawsuit from a rejected metal collection bidder.
The N.C. Supreme Court will not take up a legal challenge to state hog farm laws. In orders issued Friday, the court declined to take up a case challenging 2017 and 2018 amendments to North Carolina’s Right to Farm Act.
In August 2022, President Biden signed the Honoring our PACT Act into law, a historic piece of legislation that included the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The passage of this legislation marks a milestone for federal law. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CJLA) is the culmination of a more than two-decade fight that allows victims of Marine Corps...
