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"Current environmental laws put our readiness to counter Communist China at risk."
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2025 @ 7:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to suitably report billions of dollars in fiscal 2022 spending, the agency’s inspector general determined, prompting condemnation from GOP lawmakers.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Environmental Protection Agency released new carbon emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural gas, a move which some energy experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 11:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department officials announced a lawsuit on Friday against Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of the train derailment and subsequent chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Environmental Management Commission has dropped its lawsuit against the Rules Review Commission, less than two weeks after going to court. The EMC offered no explanation for the dismissal in its court filing.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Quoting a Dr. Seuss character, a panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges vacated a vital U.S. Forest Service permit developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline need to continue work on the 604-mile natural gas transmission line from West Virginia to North Carolina
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 2:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wall Street Journal warns of a troubling new scheme. It gives privately funded environmental litigator/activists (who are unaccountable to the people) state police power
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:40 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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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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Governor Pat McCrory reiterated his intent to veto legislation that undermines environmental protections, bypasses the state's ability to enforce the law, and is unconstitutional
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 9:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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CLF filed suit against the NC Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of county residents Stephen Owens and Jillanne Gigi Badawi, alleging that they were aggrieved by the agency's determination that Iberdrola Renewables' Amazon Wind Farm East was not subject to state permitting standards.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While environmental activists believe New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigations of oil giant Exxon Mobil and coal producer Peabody Energy could develop into a multistate class-action matter on the scale of the lawsuit against cigarette makers, North Carolina has not joined...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation this evening that amends several areas of environmental law. The legislation, House Bill 157, was introduced by Rep. Pat McElraft and Rep. Rick Catlin and passed the General Assembly today.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 3:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is reportedly charging the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) for merely looking up public records in its files — and that's before providing the records themselves. According to The News & Observer, the SELC has requested to look at DOT...
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 12:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two ultraliberal, out-of-state national groups are apparently flouting state law and violating Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules (§ 73.1212) in a campaign attacking legislators who favor bringing energy development and jobs to North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 4:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and Speaker Thom Tillis applauded Gov. Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata for their leadership and joined their call for the Southern Environmental Law Center to stop obstructing construction of the economically vital new Bonner Bridge.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2012 Legislative Session was especially notable for authorizing legislation to set the stage for energy exploration in North Carolina. The legislature also passed several important bills to limit job-killing environmental regulations, while maintaining environmental protection.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 9:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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