Yesterday was black day for NC politics. The most important energy/environmental bill of the year (H298) received a setback in the Utility Committee hearing -- when 18 legislators (6 Rs + 12 Ds) voted against the Affordable and Reliable Energy Act!
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This is an update on H484 -- which is setting up the first statewide permitting process for industrial wind energy.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2013 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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At this point there aren't adequate safeguards for ANY of these groups. I have formally contacted top level DENR and DHHS people of the serious deficiencies, so it is now up to them to step up. Hopefully they will.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 @ 1:43 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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At today's hearing on H484 at the Environmental Committee, the bill was passed (I don't yet have the specific vote tally as to who voted for or against).
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Again there will be a hearing on H484 at the Environmental Committee, tomorrow (#555 LOB at 10 AM).
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 11:25 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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North Carolina lawmakers are ready to capitalize on what some are calling the "natural gas boom." A bill lifting the state's moratorium on fracking -- a method for releasing natural gas that environmentalists feel is controversial...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As you probably know, I've been actively involved with environmental issues for over thirty years. I've learned a lot from dealing with many thousands of people over this time.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 1:32 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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It appears that you merely have to spout lefty talking points in order to be quoted verbatim and cooed over by WRAL or The McClatchy Gang.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The N&O's Craig Jarvis has me puzzled with his latest piece on Skvarla, entitled "What's Skvarla Think About Global Warming?"
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 4:28 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Wind projects on the North Carolina coast are meeting resistance from three fronts: concerns over bird kills, worries about military training, and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's opposition to favorable tax treatment for specific industries.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State officials are pressuring local governments to plan for a one-meter sea-level rise by 2100, even though many independent scientists have argued the rise is highly unlikely if not impossible.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County's Commissioners heard from the public mostly on two separate issues: the proposed Martin Marietta mine and the proposed Invergy wind farm.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, January 9, 2012
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2012 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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