Local Government Commission Approves Over $300 Million in Financing Requests
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 8:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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This Week in Raleigh
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2023 @ 11:10 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 11:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation director of government affairs, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 669, Solar Decommissioning Requirements.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senator Feinstein pleads with lawmakers not to decommission Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of Gov. Cooper’s reasons for seeking to build 8 GW of offshore wind near our beaches is to fight climate change by reducing North Carolina’s energy emissions
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 7:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tonight, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) voted YES on H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Higher energy cost
Published: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 10:22 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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North Carolina’s installed solar power is second only to California’s.
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week Bloomberg Energy issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Executive Committee for the North Carolina Third Congressional District Republican Party met on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 in Washington, N.C.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 3:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Aircraft Solutions USA Inc., a leader in managing aircraft at the end of their service life, will establish a new subsidiary at North Carolina’s Global TransPark to recycle aircraft parts and materials.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 3:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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There is an unfinished piece of business from Beaufort County's now expired wind and solar farm moratorium.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:00 am
By: Conservative Voter
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Just days after warning of the need to regulate solar panel disposal, Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, scrapped his bill for a relaxed version.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2019 @ 10:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources voted Thursday, June 13, to send Senate Bill 568 to the Finance Committee amid protests from some committee members.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If all the solar panels from industrial-scale electric plants in North Carolina were laid end to end, they would stretch from Raleigh to San Francisco and back nearly four times.
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2019 @ 1:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Although top national environmental regulators confirmed GenX and related chemical compounds are used to produce solar panel components, they say their research does not prioritize what risks that might pose to the environment and human health
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has no plan for disposing of millions of tons of material from solar installations dotting the state
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, warns North Carolina "may be on the way to [becoming] the next Superfund site" because it lacks a closure plan for hundreds of millions of tons of solar farm materials containing hazardous substances when the solar facilities wear out.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has no environmental rules for shutting down solar projects safely, state officials say, and may lack sufficient facilities to dispose of the glass, steel, industrial lubricants, and toxic elements after solar panels in the state's expanding solar industry reach the end of their usefu
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Duke Energy Progress this morning imploded the boilers at the retired H.F. Lee Steam Plant as part of the company's plans to retire and demolish several of its older coal plants across the state.
Published: Monday, June 23rd, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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When the Mill Pond project was first publicly announced in October, our number one objective was to see that the two affected communities had laws providing adequate protections to citizens, local businesses, the military, and the environment.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 9:32 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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The Carteret County Commissioners meeting today regarding the Mill Pond project, was an eclectic affair. This is the best of my recollection as to a summary of what transpired.
Published: Sunday, December 15th, 2013 @ 9:40 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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The first line of defense against industrial wind energy, is a strong local wind ordinance. As such, we at AWED are frequently asked for assistance in writing an effective measure.
Published: Saturday, November 9th, 2013 @ 9:04 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Yesterday (11/5/13: in Wilmington) was the first "official" state meeting regarding the proposed Newport wind project.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 12:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hundreds of antique printing blocks are stored among vintage letterpress printers inside a one-story shop in Ayden, where an East Carolina University faculty member applies a 15th century commercial printing process to create works of art.
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 11:58 am
By: ECU News Services
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