Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this month signed an executive order prioritizing offshore wind energy as part of his administration’s Clean Energy Plan, which is focused on renewables to achieve goals such as reducing emissions by 70% by 2030. More recently, Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly have unveiled their working proposal to meet the state’s...
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” explains why nuclear energy provides the only realistic solution to reduce carbon emissions. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
Are offshore wind farms a job creating investment that makes North Carolina’s energy portfolio more environmentally friendly? That is debatable, but, more important, who gets to make the call one way or another? Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson doesn’t think it should be the left up to one partisan politician, and so, when Gov. Roy Cooper...
I’d like to address the “woke” movement, or whatever people are calling it. I’m not speaking of racism, or sexism, or gender inequality. Those are significant issues that should — and must — be addressed, though separately, critically, and exclusively. I’m speaking, rather, of this oncoming crazy train, its boxcars and tenders overfilled with ideas...
Jon Sanders, senior fellow in regulatory studies and research editor at the John Locke Foundation, discusses recent improvements in N.C. and U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more here: “Greenhouse gas emissions continue to plummet in North Carolina.”
The N.C. Senate on Thursday, June 3, voted not to confirm Dionne Delli-Gatti to lead the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. Republican leaders held a news conference Wednesday and said Delli-Gatti didn’t have the votes for confirmation. Senators asked Gov. Roy Cooper to withdraw Delli-Gatti’s nomination. Delli-Gatti testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy,...
North Carolina relies on a single pipeline for its natural gas, making it uniquely vulnerable to disruptions, shortages, and even more nefarious problems. “North Carolina’s future, not to mention lights, heat, and air conditioning in millions of homes, is at risk because of the state’s full reliance on a single natural gas pipeline,” Sen. Norm...
North Carolina remains vulnerable to fuel shortages because it’s too reliant on a pair of pipelines for gas and energy, industry leaders and experts told lawmakers. The point is made even more crucial because of a recent rise in both the number and sophistication of cyberattacks, such as the one that recently crippled the Colonial...
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” explains why this week’s pipeline shutdown should make us more concerned about the Green New Deal. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
A disruption in East Coast gasoline supplies has sparked panic buying across the region, with North Carolina among the states hit hardest. Across the state, an average of 14.7% of gas stations report that they are on empty, but that number is higher in urban areas. In the Triangle, gasbuddy.com reports that about 60% of...
Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, critiques the carbon tax proposal spelled out in Senate Bill 674. Learn more here: “State carbon tax proposal exposes progressives’ cognitive dissonance.”
