Trying to turn our oceans into sprawling, on-again/off-again electric stations is becoming even more prohibitively expensive.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mercedes-Benz is scrapping its plans to only sell electric vehicles after 2030 as consumer demand for EVs remains lower than what automakers projected.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2024 @ 11:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Toyota, Kempower, and Epsilon Advanced Materials – all companies in clean energy industries – top the year’s $12.9 billion project list
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 12:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM), India’s leading battery materials company has announced a $650 million investment in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I recently wrote about “How the Budget Stops California from Setting North Carolina’s Transportation Policy.”
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 1:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina General Assembly overrode five bills that had been vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper. Since the legislature held its first override vote in March, there have been a total of 19 veto overrides this year.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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They also show why the General Assembly was wise to put the least-cost and reliable guardrails into law
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s no-more-stringent law forbids state environmental agencies from imposing stricter environmental regulations than required by the federal government
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state is one of America's top oil producers, but the state Democratic Party's platform could seek to change that
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 9:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper has declared the week of Sept. 25 “Clean Energy Week.” Whether that indicates he will sign Senate Bill 678, “Clean Energy/Other Changes,” remains unclear.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 7:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A solar energy company recently awarded $3 billion by the Biden administration has been accused of scamming elderly people, and Republican leaders in the House and Senate are now asking the Energy Department to provide more details about the deal.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 9:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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From December through mid-August, 60 large whales have washed ashore East Coast beaches, coinciding with the issuance of several federal permits for whale “harassment” as a consequence of offshore wind energy development activities
Published: Monday, December 25th, 2023 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina was selected as a partner in the EVeryone Charging Forward™ program, a $30-million, 10-year initiative of the Siemens Foundation.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 2:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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With a large load forecast and a need for reliable electricity provision, Dominion Energy also balks at closing traditional power plants
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Having access to the Mountain Valley Pipeline would reduce customer costs by $1.7 billion by 2038, and $2.6 billion by 2050."
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently announced that two offshore wind sites located in Eastern North Carolina will not be leased due to objections from The Department of Defense.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 7:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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So every two months, China adds more coal power than North Carolina can possibly retire
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Breaking Down Locke's Latest Policy Victory
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While states consider enormously expensive plans to rework their entire electricity systems to cut CO2 emissions, energy-based emissions are still increasing across most of the world, especially China
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Duke Energy Corporation has filed its update resource plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC).
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 6:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Biden administration is planning to give up to $12.5 million in grant funding for equity-driven emissions reduction research.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 3:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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"With this kind of support at the federal level, it should be a wake-up call for regulatory reform to speed up the permitting process so we can build more nuclear," said SPN Energy Fellow, Amy Cooke.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 4:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' hearing Thursday about the future of the Mountain Valley Pipeline included one reference to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 11:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When government decides to buy something, cost increases are sure to follow. One reason is that people are generally less cost-conscious when they’re spending other people’s money. Government decision-makers are people spending revenues collected from other people.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis unveiled his energy agenda during an event in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday, promising that his policies will bring back $2 gas and turn the United States into the world’s leading energy producer.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 8:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Since 2017, the population of North Atlantic Right Whales has declined by 30 percent
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Not even Mainers want to be California — at least that’s the takeaway after Pine Tree State residents slammed a proposed statewide crackdown on fossil fuels this week.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 7:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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After Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida last week, reports of electric vehicles catching fire after coming into contact with floodwaters began to emerge.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a new piece in the Daily Mail, the well-known science writer explains why he’ll be buying a new gas powered car before the UK’s electric vehicle mandate goes into effect in 2030.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Utilities Commission’s initial Carbon Plan would close over 9,000 MWs of coal-fired generation by 2035
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2023 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 678, “Promote Clean Energy,” currently in the N.C. House Rules Committee, could pave the way for more investment in nuclear energy in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Senate recently passed Senate Bill 678: Promote Clean Energy, sponsored by Senators Paul Newton, Buck Newton, and David Craven.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2022 a major report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine warned that enormous wind turbines severely affect the marine vessel radar (MVR) used for navigating waterways shared by commercial and recreational vessels as well as extremely large commercial shipping vessel
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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