It will remain uneconomical to replace coal-fired plants with renewables for “baseload generation” — for the level of power needed to serve basic needs when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the decision to end the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Kokai offered these comments during the July 10, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses Duke Energy and Dominion Energy’s decision to abandon the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
The closing of public school buildings across North Carolina has forced students into remote learning for the final months of the school year. But thousands of students have not logged on to participate in a single online education session. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, analyzes the...
Energy poverty is a serious issue. Research shows that higher energy prices cost lives. In 2018 the U.S. Energy Information Agency showed that one in three families struggled to pay energy bills, and one out of every five families had to forego food or medicine to do so. That same year, Bjorn Lomborg wrote in...
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses the Trump administration’s approach to Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
The professional left’s work-equals-death argument is an irresponsible misrepresentation of the movement to reopen North Carolina’s economy, which has been devastated by state and local government mandated shutdowns and the resulting job losses and business closures. The argument implies a profound lack of trust in our fellow North Carolinians to make wise decisions about themselves...
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the U..S. Supreme Court’s consideration of a dispute involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Appalachian Trail. Kokai offered these comments during the Feb. 28, 2020, edition of UNC-TVs “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
In response to a public records request, a document Gov. Roy Cooper said was an email appears to be something else. The document, one of more than 20,000 pages disclosed in December 2018 responding to media inquiries about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, indicates a potential crossover between Cooper’s personal business interests and his official duties....
Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills. This problem is only going to get worse, as Bloomberg reports, because right now the blades at the end of their lifespan are from wind power built more than a decade ago....
We’ve been able to make the switch from coal to gas without burdening power customers because the fracking revolution made it economical to drill for and recover large amounts of natural gas.
