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Today Governor Josh Stein signed Executive Order 23, establishing the North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force to strengthen the state’s electricity infrastructure and energy affordability as demand increases.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2025 @ 7:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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Over 80 South Dakota landowners are fighting a lawsuit filed by a company arguing for the “right” to eminent domain.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In a recent post, I discussed the sudden war on gas-fired stoves and appliances being waged by environmental extremists in government, not just in the Biden administration but even in many cities and counties and some states, too.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Policymakers in the United States are focused on a renewable energy transition despite the geopolitical and economic risks that emerge from a lack of reliable and cheap power sources.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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The plan acknowledges adding more solar and wind generation raises rates and harms job creation
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Energy Department proposed new rules Wednesday that would mandate a certain energy consumption threshold for gas stoves even after the possibility of a nationwide ban garnered backlash.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 12:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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They've already caused Duke to request a large rate hike
Published: Saturday, February 4th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To meet the law’s requirements of being least-cost while maintaining grid reliability, the Utilities Commission’s initial “Carbon Plan” sees natural gas as a “bridge fuel” until sufficient zero-emissions resources “are available and can replace at scale what gas contributes to the system”
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus shredded the younger “woke generation” for laziness and asserted that “office people” are among the least motivated to work.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 9:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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A coalition of Republican state attorneys general accused International Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis of violating state and federal law through their commitments to the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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By law, the Utilities Commission’s Carbon Plan must chart the “reasonable,” “least cost path” to emissions reductions with “least cost planning of generation” that would “maintain and improve upon the reliability of the grid”
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Solar was useful for only a few hours but not available during peak demand
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the name of “fighting climate change,” forcing Gov. Roy Cooper’s reductions in North Carolina’s electricity-based CO2 emissions would cost $141.7 billion to $162.3 billion, raise household electricity bills by well over a thousand dollars per year, and risk capacity shortfalls and rolling blackou
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 8:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Vice President Al Gore lambasted Vanguard following the company’s decision to sever ties with the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative on Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 1:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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The world’s major greenhouse gas emitters are not on their way to meeting their climate goals almost seven years after the Paris Agreement was signed.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Order will accelerate economic development and job creation in the quickly growing zero-emission vehicle sector, expand access to cleaner and more affordable vehicles and advance the state’s climate and environmental justice goals
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 9:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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A law passed in 2021 required that the “decarbonization” plan approved by the state Utilities Commission to be reasonable, set forth the least-cost path to compliance, and maintain or improve grid adequacy and reliability
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke Tuesday in the Triangle about the promises of reducing climate change through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The policy is sound; the soundness of the policy’s implementation is still yet to be determined.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. House and Senate voted along party lines to pass the latest tax and spend bill, “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” (IRA) sending it to President Biden’s desk. Yesterday, with Biden’s signature, the bill became law.
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most Significant Climate Legislation in U.S. History Delivers for Overburdened Communities
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Max Gomberg, a former climate change mitigation strategist with leftist views, resigned from the California State Water Resources Control Board this month, pointing to Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) administration’s unwillingness to make changes during a drought in the state.
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 8:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina has been cutting CO2 emissions this whole century without costly offshore wind energy being forced on electricity consumers
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 1:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Duke Energy's plans would raise energy costs between $86 and $95 a month per household.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Today, Governor Roy Cooper joined Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to unveil the first electric school bus in North Carolina and highlight the state’s transition to a clean energy economy.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 12:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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On Jan. 7, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a sweeping executive order whose aims included no less than to change the economy of the entire state. If the governor had such power, then this order would portend severe disruptions in people’s lives.
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three Republican lawmakers are questioning the legality and affordability of Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest executive action on clean energy, including how to pay for bridge and road repairs if electric vehicles replace gas-powered vehicles.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 10:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Friday, Jan. 7, that aims to reduce greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2050.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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