Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Democrat-proposed energy bills Tuesday, giving the state some of the most rigid energy mandates in the nation.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 11:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, the N.C. House voted to override six more of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, including legislation to expand charter schools, prohibit biological men from competing in women’s sports
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 5:46 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The “Great Reset” is an effort led by the World Economic Forum to reshape the global economy
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:11 pm
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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The last coal power plant in Hawaii ceased operations this week, meaning that the Aloha State is the first in the nation to execute a ban on the fossil fuel.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 6:38 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urged California officials to keep the state’s last nuclear power facility open amid continuous turmoil with the electric grid.
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2022 @ 1:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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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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Leif Le Mahieu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a recent controversy involving solar farms.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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When all was said and done, North Carolina’s special congressional elections this year proved not to be particularly special.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, April 28th, 2017 @ 8:14 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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The facility now known as the Amazon Wind Farm was approved by state regulators after they were told it would provide part of the electric power necessary for the state to satisfy renewable energy mandates passed in 2007 by the General Assembly
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2017 @ 4:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, wants to scale back North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates and find out how much renewable power actually goes on the grid.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study authored by energy expert Dr. Timothy Considine of the University of Wyoming finds that North Carolina's 12 percent renewable portfolio standard (RPS) will increase electricity prices by 42 percent by 2020, and cost the Tar Heel State up to 50,000 jobs.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The federal government issued tax credits in North Carolina approaching a half-billion dollars for renewable energy investment in the five most recent years for which records are available, and high-income earners have benefited the most from the tax favors
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the Tar Heel State, government mandates require that 12.5 percent of electricity must come from wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy by 2021.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Destroying property and taking things from people doesn't grow the economy. Sounds rather obvious? That's why lobbyists come armed with "economic impact" studies.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here's our list of who we think has been naughty and nice this year
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week's newsletter takes a look at renewable energy facilities in the news. For example, a new study from the Carnegie Institution for Science and Stanford University found a surprising (to researchers) ecological cost of solar installations in California, which has a much more aggressive...
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
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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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Bringing onshore wind production to North Carolina is part of my 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy."
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine that you are the CEO of a company, and there are several different materials or technologies that you can use to produce your product. For example, it is not unusual that a product can be made using steel, aluminum, or plastic. Within those categories, it can be made using different...
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 4:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the name implies, North Carolina's 2007 renewable energy and energy-efficiency portfolio standards, REPS, mandate involves a portion of energy efficiency. As described in a 2008 John Locke Foundation report on the subject, the belief from the start was that the...
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report from a renewable energy industry group fails in its goal of deflecting attention away from costs generated by North Carolina's renewable energy mandate. That's the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report...
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 4:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've all heard about the new 'conservative' group of solar energy fans seeking to continue government subsidies of the solar industry.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A mandate that 12.5 percent of North Carolina's energy eventually would come from renewable sources or energy efficiency was a bad idea back in 2007, when the idea was included in Senate Bill 3
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 1:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two reports this week from the John Locke Foundation discuss the costly unintended consequences of state government mandates.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I talked this week with one of my moles on Jones Street. This person was absolutely floored by the amount of public feedback in this whole debate on alternative energy mandates and subsidies.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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That’s a mighty apt take on the current environment on Jones Street, as supplied from one disgusted insider who confided in me.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Out of the blue, government goodies for solar energy providers has become the rage on Jones Street. No one really saw this coming.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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