Electricity prices in Finland plummeted into negative territory this week after the launch of a new nuclear power plant last month.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 10:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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Wind projects off Brunswick County beaches would also interfere with military training and operations, including airspace used daily by the 169th Fighter Wing out of South Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson noted the harmful effects of closing nuclear power facilities for ideological purposes as Germany shuttered the nation’s remaining nuclear plants and Elon Musk strongly advised against the move.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 2:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Under SB 678, North Carolina would recognize this fact about the state's most efficient, reliable electricity source
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 9:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Get ready to see higher electricity bills if the North Carolina Utilities Commission approves a requested price hike by Duke Energy Progress.
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Environmental Protection Agency released new carbon emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural gas, a move which some energy experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 11:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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NSF-funded projects aim to create economic shift
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Tesla said it will build an additional plant in Shanghai, China, to meet worldwide demand for large batteries even after the communist nation’s manufacturing sector took several blows as a result of aggressive government lockdowns.
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2023 @ 12:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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EPA officials provided the state of California authority on Friday to phase out heavy duty trucks powered by gasoline over the next two decades.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 7:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Republican-led House passed an extensive bill Thursday that aims to increase domestic energy production and ease permitting restrictions.
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 8:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Duke Energy Carolinas wants to increase residential rates for its customers between 16.2 and 16.6% by Sept. 1 and an additional 0.4% by Jan. 1. The utility is also seeking a rate hike for commercial and industrial customers. Rates would increase by 12.1% and 15.2%.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would prohibit local governments from blocking consumers from certain types of energy sources, by a vote of 76-38.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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H.B. 130 passes the N.C. House, now in the N.C. Senate
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The belief that North Carolina’s electricity-based CO2 emissions are still going up is wrong; they’ve fallen by 46.1 percent since 2005
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cities across New Jersey coastline are banning together to request an investigation into a series of recent whale deaths
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wall Street Journal on February 16 took careful note of “Europe’s Lesson in Green Hydrogen.” That lesson places significant doubt on hydrogen as the “carbon-neutral fuel of the future”:
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2023 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Duke Energy hopes that the North Carolina Utilities Commission will approve two proposed renewable energy plans for businesses and consumers.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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 and what can be done to avoid them in the future.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 4:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It seems like just a few days ago that The News & Observer (N&O) was running banner headlines and filing multiple stories about how bad power outages are for people.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 3:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question isn’t whether a massive buildout of offshore wind capacity off North Carolina beaches would lead to fewer jobs and less economic growth than otherwise, but how extensive the losses would be
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Cooper tout government intervention to force offshore wind energy development off North Carolina beaches as a way to create jobs and grow the economy
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 2:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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