A bill sponsored by Sen. Wiley Nickel (D-Wake) would levy a tax on “any carbon-based fuel product sold, used, or entered into the State.” Fortunately, the bill isn’t expected to go anywhere this session.
Published: Thursday, April 15th, 2021 @ 8:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goldman Sachs announced on Thursday that it is setting a new goal to reach a carbon-emission level of net-zero by the year 2030.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 11:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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A former South Carolina congressman says it’s possible to get N.C. conservatives to back a carbon tax and other progressive climate change policies if the left uses an economic argument to do so.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolinians prepare for severe winter weather conditions, officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services caution people not to use gasoline-powered generators or tools, outdoor grills and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 6:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Rev. Claude Eugene “Gene” Scarborough, Jr., age 74, a resident of 1085 Bayview road, Bath, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at his home.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 4:20 pm
By: Announcements
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As North Carolinians prepare for the cold winter holidays, officials with the North Carolina Division of Public Health caution people not to use gasoline-powered generators or tools, outdoor grills and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Monday, December 14th, 2020 @ 4:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolinians prepare for hurricane season, officials with the North Carolina Division of Public Health caution you not to use gasoline-powered generators or tools, outdoor grills, and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 7:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s clear that a lot of Americans wish Trump wouldn’t tweet so much. And for good reason.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 1:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As North Carolinians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, officials with the North Carolina Division of Public Health caution you not to use gasoline-powered generators, outdoor grills and camp stoves in enclosed spaces.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 7:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Duke Energy touts the fact that its total carbon emissions are down 31 percent from their peak in 2005. It hopes to reach a cumulative 40 percent reduction by 2030.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) "Green New Deal" - a massive government takeover of large portions of the U.S. economy - is projected to cost up to $93 trillion.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2019 @ 10:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Trump is deeply unpopular. According to RealClearPolitics, his favorability ratings now stand at just 41 percent - near-historic lows.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 3:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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It should be pretty clear that carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon are not the same things
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolinians prepare for Hurricane Florence, officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are cautioning people about the risks of using gasoline-powered generators and outdoor grills and camp stoves that use charcoal or propane gas in enclosed spaces
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Huh?
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 9:23 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Mrs. Diane Stenback, age 72, a resident of Fairwind Drive, Chocowinity, went to join our Lord on Monday, April 11, 2016.
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 @ 11:19 am
By: Announcements
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Reducing carbon emissions (and thereby preventing catastrophic global warming) has always been one of President Obama's primary goals. In his 2008 victory speech he declared, "Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that ... this was the moment when the rise of...
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 3:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ted and Bobby Tony Stamps are designed to save time in replying to the various non sequitur's of Reverend Gene, a Liberal of grand stature.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gene Scarborough originally made the following comment on BCN. It is presented here as a stand alone post as it may provide a historical basis for thought and reflection.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 12:08 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Mrs. Barbara Ann Green Carbo, age 91, a resident of 302 East 12th Street, Washington, NC died Friday October 2, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 6:33 pm
By: Announcements
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The rhetorical case for renewable energy seems, at its core, to be this: Why rely on traditional sources that burn expensive energy and emit carbon dioxide when you can replace them with energy freely provided by nature that emits nothing?
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lately there has been a great deal of discussion, even among conservatives and Republicans, about the possibility of implementing a carbon dioxide tax, incorrectly refereed to as a carbon tax. Of course carbon dioxide and carbon are quite different. But this is part of the manipulation of the...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One look across the Commissioners table showed me the same faces fixed and serious over whatever business was to be transacted at an official meeting of the Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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It is too much trouble to leave the beach and go to a boring ceremony or small parade with old men giving speeches and wearing the VFW insignia. Those ceremonies signify the real meaning of this Holiday.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Asbury Carbons, Inc. will locate a new facility in Robeson County. The move will create 25 new jobs during the next three years with a company investment of more...
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2015 @ 5:25 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Rev. Gene, I was just poking a bit at the balloon but not enough to burst it.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2015 @ 12:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The AP is reporting that, like the Locke Foundation, the Heartland Institute, and a number of other think tanks, private companies, and individual scientists, Koch Industries, headed by philanthropists and donors to free market causes David and Charles Koch, has received a letter demanding...
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 5:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those who follow debate about global warming and its cousin, climate change, have heard and read high-profile arguments about the danger caused by increased emissions of carbon dioxide. Dr. William Happer, professor of physics at Princeton University, holds a different view. Happer addressed the...
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My family name is of British ancestry. It comes out of Scarborough, England, which is north of London on the same coast.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Travel Care Code is a list of ten things that people can do to reduce the negative impact of their travel and visitor-related activities.
Published: Monday, September 29th, 2014 @ 12:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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Those who want to place government-mandated limits on carbon dioxide (often erroneously and sometimes maliciously referred to as just "carbon") emissions claim that their goal is to keep the planet from overheating — that is, to prevent global warming.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the argument from global warming alarmists stems from the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant that harms the planet. That argument is based on a myth, according to Princeton University physics professor William Happer.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For a long time, Chatham County has been an overflow containment area for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Not Much Cooling Linked to New CO2 Regulations
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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