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Local Government Commission Votes in Favor of Bonds; Financing for Other Projects Approved
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 9:42 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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costs of new CO2 restrictions on power plants will be passed on to consumers
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 8:39 am
By: John Steed
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance “environmental justice,” and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The attack on the Moore County substation that left over 45,000 homes and businesses without powers for days was one in a recent string of such attacks. Worse, such attacks have increased tremendously just this year alone.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed an “Memorandum of Understanding” with California Gov. Gavin Newsom to promote “zero-emissions” trucks and buses
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 6:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Impoverishing Us Is Not the Solution to Climate Worries
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2022 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Milestone Air Quality Legislation Paved Way for Significant Environmental and Clean Energy Efforts
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 11:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Since 2015 North Carolina has netted more than 110,000 new residents per year, one of the fastest growing of all the states.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 9:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner reports on one clean-energy CEO who’s sending a message to ideological allies in Congress.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Smart Wires will relocate from San Francisco Bay area, creating 250 jobs
Published: Friday, September 3rd, 2021 @ 10:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: David Winstead
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As candidates for their respective offices, both Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein took bold stands defending electricity consumers from being made to pay for coal ash cleanup costs.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 4:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On April 13, 2020, the City of Washington’s Council voted to approve a one-time thirty percent (30%) reduction in the electric utility rate for all customers in the current (April) billing cycle.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 2:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here in North Carolina, in this century, per-capita carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation are down over 50 percent. We are witnessing falling emissions even as we are one of the nation's fastest-growth states.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the President’s Commission on White House Fellows announces the appointment of the 2019-2020 class of White House Fellows.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 4:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Who are the top "stakeholders" when it comes to getting electricity in North Carolina?
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have good news. It's news so ridiculously underreported that a recent Civitas poll found that 44 percent of North Carolinians somehow believe the environment in North Carolina is less clean than it was 10 years ago.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2019 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Benefit or boondoggle? That’s the billion-dollar question.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 7:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In its application to build a solar facility on Gov. Roy Cooper’s Nash County property, Durham-based Strata Solar said its generating capacity would be about 5 megawatts.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The sun keeps shining on North Carolina's renewable energy investors - at taxpayers' expense
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sensus USA, Inc., a provider of advanced metering technologies to utilities and municipalities, will expand its current operations in Durham County, creating 301 new jobs over five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Photos of the Week: Early October
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition opposed to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don't
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consumers are paying a lot more than they realize to prop up the renewable energy industry in North Carolina, even though a section of their bills supposedly lists the cost
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Electricity is a basic human need. I think people already knew that on an abstract level, but widespread and long-term power outages after Hurricane Matthew made it more personal
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 18 with Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 11:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The McCrory campaign released the following statement in response to Larry Hall's press conference politicizing coal ash
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 3:23 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory is holding Duke Energy accountable and cleaning up coal ash ponds once and for all, Roy Cooper let this problem fester for more than 28 years during his career as a top lawmaker and as attorney general. Instead of ever addressing coal ash
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 5:03 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Despite earlier claims by Iberdrola Renewables officials that the $400 million, 300-megawatt Amazon Wind Farm that will cover 22 acres near Elizabeth City would be built totally from company funds, another Iberdrola official says the project requires some tax incentives to be viable economically.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Among conservatives around the country, North Carolina has become a superstar - a place where innovative ideas, sustained investment, diligence, and political acumen have combined to produce an impressive string of hard-won victories.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 5:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An environmental group lauding North Carolina for ranking No. 4 nationally in solar energy capacity agrees with foes of renewable energy mandates — the state's purported boom in clean energy mostly results from the government forcing utilities to purchase the higher-cost energy, along with...
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill - if the General Assembly continues the state's "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard" (REPS) and renewable energy tax credit policies.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolinians are forced to pay twice to prop up the state's renewable energy lobby: once in the form of higher taxes and again for higher electric bills to support a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS).
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2015 @ 6:15 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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