DEQ Secretary Michael Regan has named a 16-member Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative Beverly G. Boswell (R-Dare) announced today legislation she plans to file during the upcoming 2018 short legislative session to reestablish the northern N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) water testing laboratory in Dare County
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 11:57 pm
By: Beverly Gwyn Boswell
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No longer will we allow the infrastructure of our magnificent country to crumble and decay. While protecting the environment, we will build gleaming new roads, bridges, railways, waterways, tunnels, and highways.
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 8:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says an ethics complaint filed against him by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization is tainted by election-season politics
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Dean Arp, R-Union, said Gov. Roy Cooper created a slush fund 10 times larger than actual mitigation costs by preying on vulnerable energy utilities seeking approval of a state permit to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 4:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper committed an unforced error by circumventing the General Assembly and creating a constitutionally questionable $57.8 million Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund, political observers and legislators say
Published: Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The length of a fishing pier separated opposing groups making waves over oil and gas drilling off the North Carolina coast Monday evening inside the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Little fanfare surrounded the state Department of Environmental Quality's most recent decision to issue an air quality permit connected with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Department of Environmental Quality issued a vital water permit Friday advancing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, but environmentalists immediately criticized Gov. Roy Cooper for signing off on the approval
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 1:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, CNN paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in a bizarre post that suggested his wisdom led to socialism and environmentalism, rather than to racial reconciliation
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 @ 10:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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What could possibly be more important than knowing that the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink is safe? Public safety is one of the major functions of government
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 11:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Every two months North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill dumpsters, lined back to back, across the entire length of Interstate 40. Our 10 million residents generate some 12 million tons of trash each year
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolinians with ideas about how to use $92 million from a court settlement to improve North Carolina's air quality are encouraged to share their ideas as the State of North Carolina develops its plan
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 5:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Gov. Cooper will veto House Bill 56, An Act to Amend Various Environmental Laws. Gov. Cooper shared the following veto message
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2017 @ 5:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ford Porter, spokesman for Governor Cooper offered the following response to today's Enivronmental Review Commission hearing in Wilmington
Published: Thursday, August 24th, 2017 @ 7:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A law banning plastic grocery bags in some Outer Banks communities may be unconstitutional, says a prominent former lawmaker
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and gas leasing for offshore drilling on North Carolina’s coast
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 11:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will submit formal comments opposing offshore seismic testing for oil drilling on North Carolina's coast
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 6:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Joining other Governors, Mayors, colleges and universities, and businesses, Governor Cooper declared that North Carolina will continue efforts to reduce pollution in support of the global Paris Agreement
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 10:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to review a new regulation that may threaten the viability of the Potash phosphate mine in Aurora, North Carolina
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 5:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There are just as many fads in politics as there is in other fields of human endeavor, from entertainment to home remedies
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 7:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to regulations, it’s an invisible tax. Such taxes are especially onerous when unnecessary and over-burdensome
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
By: Bill Cook
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East Carolina University students on spring break took a trip to the beach, but instead of soaking up rays, helped build a living shoreline to protect habitat
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 2:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Roy Cooper’s nomination of Michael Regan to be the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality is troubling in light of information obtained from the NC Secretary of States Office
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 12:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 7:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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On October 18, the Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina attorney general, alleging he illegally diverted money from public education to special interest groups.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 4:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A coal ash cleanup bill moved quickly through the state Senate on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2016 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a decade of controversy and unnecessary bureaucracy - the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is rescinding their Notice of Violation of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for Rose Acre Farms
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 1:01 pm
By: Bill Cook
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What is at stake in the states' dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Clean Power Plan" (CPP)? The U.S. Supreme Court just granted an emergency application from the states to stay the implementation of the CPP.
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) spearheaded a letter sent to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers (KY-5) asking for language to be included in all future appropriations bills ensuring that computer networks in federal agencies block the viewing, downloading, and exchanging
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 9:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the least discussed but most important elements of the Connect NC Bond package is the $309 million designated for clean water and sewer infrastructure.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2016 @ 8:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 28 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's federal power plan while a legal challenge makes its way through the lower courts.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Secretary Donald R. van der Vaart announced today the appointment of Steve J. Rowlan as chairman of the N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC).
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 3:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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