Dr. Daniel Fine, associate director of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy and senior policy analyst for the New Mexico State Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources, discusses the Trump administration’s energy policy. Fine offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 752: The Trump administration has talked about achieving energy dominance. Daniel Fine, associate director of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy and senior policy analyst for the New Mexico State Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources, assesses the Trump team’s proposals. Fine explains whether the United States...
North Carolina public school students saw gains in the past year in both Advanced Placement courses and SAT scores. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, examines the data. Stoops explains whether the latest numbers represent unqualified good news. The Trump administration has talked about achieving energy dominance. Daniel Fine, associate director of...
President Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016, but his approval ratings in the state continue to slide, poll data from Elon University and Spectrum News North Carolina show. Beginning in 2000, Elon has conducted several annual regional and statewide surveys covering myriad political and cultural topics. Spectrum sponsored the 2017 SurveyUSA election poll, which...
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition opposed to President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Their goal is reducing their states’ share of the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to hit Paris Agreement targets. Thirteen of the...
The state House of Representatives wrapped up the August special session Thursday with a heated debate over House Bill 56, and after passing the measure, adjourned until early October. The Senate passed its adjournment resolution Wednesday but met in a skeleton session early Thursday and went home. The measure includes two controversial provisions: Repealing a...
Gov. Roy Cooper has given a high political profile to the discharge of the GenX chemical compound into the Cape Fear River. A joint legislative committee will meet Wednesday to begin investigating his administration’s handling of the problem. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, announced Friday the newly appointed joint...
Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don’t. Green energy leaders had differing levels of enthusiasm for House Bill 589 Wednesday during a North Carolina Energy Policy Council meeting chaired by Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. They all agreed, though, that...
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 742: Two N.C. State University researchers say the university has silenced them because they’ve raised concerns about potential negative impacts from utility-scale solar energy projects in North Carolina. In a Carolina Journal exclusive, Associate Editor Dan Way has documented evidence of the university’s efforts to downplay the researchers’ work.
Two N.C. State University researchers say the university has silenced them because they’ve raised concerns about potential negative impacts from utility-scale solar energy projects in North Carolina. In a Carolina Journal exclusive, Associate Editor Dan Way has documented evidence of the university’s efforts to downplay the researchers’ work. North Carolina has attracted national attention in...
Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses two N.C. State University researchers who say the university has silenced them because of their views about solar energy’s impact. Way offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
