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The U.S. is planning to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to push a renewable energy transition in the Caribbean, according to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Andre Beliveau, John Locke Foundation strategic projects and government affairs manager, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 678, Promote Clean Energy.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called for lawmakers to take drastic action in favor of a renewable energy transition, including the seizure of private property to make more land available for solar and wind farms.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 5:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen contended on Tuesday that climate change may lead to “declines in asset values” and warned that a “delayed and disorderly transition” to renewable energy sources could harm the financial system.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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Duke Energy hopes that the North Carolina Utilities Commission will approve two proposed renewable energy plans for businesses and consumers.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Officials from renewable energy entities held a meeting recently to discuss the rolling blackouts that left thousands in North and South Carolina without power over the Christmas holidays and what can be done to avoid them in the future.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 4:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Canary CEO Dan Eberhart pinned low oil production on White House policies intended to accelerate a rapid pivot toward renewable energy.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 10:34 am
By: Daily Wire
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Bill Gates said on Tuesday that the energy crisis stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be “good for the long run” as nations pivot toward renewable energy solutions.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Billionaire entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria cautioned on Friday that the push toward renewable energy cannot occur overnight without serious economic consequences.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 5:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a goal on Thursday to make geothermal power a “widespread renewable energy option.”
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 9:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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If you’ve read a news story about climate change or renewable energy lately in a North Carolina newspaper, there’s a good chance the author’s salary was not paid by that newspaper but rather by funding from an environmentalist organization or other outside money.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2022 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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declares push for wind and solar is making us reliant on Red China
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 8:40 am
By: John Steed
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East Carolina University's Coastal Studies Institute will be part of an effort by the new Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) to develop one of four National Marine Renewable Energy Centers in the country.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 12:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The N.C. Department of Revenue faced a legal setback last month in an ongoing fight over renewable energy tax credits. The state’s top administrative law judge rejected the department’s attempt to deny credits to a renewable energy investor.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Biden wants to bring this to rest of country; Cooper wants to bring it to NC
Published: Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 @ 10:09 am
By: John Steed
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Dem. Gov. Roy Cooper has seemingly taken every opportunity to promote renewable energy in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina life insurance customers may pay higher premiums unless the Cooper administration reverses course on renewable-energy tax credits.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Benefit or boondoggle? That’s the billion-dollar question.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 7:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sometimes, when trying to explain how a political issue is a thorny mess, I've used the phrase "public-choice problem." Recent examples include such issues as occupational licensing, film incentives, government favoritism for renewable energy, even funeral regulations.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 11:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump on Renewable Energy
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement following the U.S. Solar Market Insight Report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) that section 201 solar tariffs played a role in the decline of utility-scale solar
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 12:41 am
By: Thom Tillis
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The sun keeps shining on North Carolina's renewable energy investors - at taxpayers' expense
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank claimed in a March press release it’s the “first Fortune 500 company and first bank to contract for 100 percent renewable power through a single new project.”
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After operating a little more than a year, the Amazon Wind Farm, North Carolina's only large-scale wind energy project, continues to cause concerns
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The News & Observer recently ran an op-ed from Froma Harrop arguing that renewable energy has become competitive with traditional energy resources
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the beneficial effects of the Trump tax cut result in the North Carolina Utilities Commission deciding to lower electricity rates, that will be good news for electricity consumers
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will work toward a renewable energy future and rural economic development with the establishment of a new fund, Governor Roy Cooper said Friday
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As more and more rural communities push back against renewable energy developers and the encroachment of solar generating plants on open space, another fight gets far less attention
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The town of Hillsborough and Orange County have turned the holy grail of environmentalism into official public policy
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Passage of House Bill 589 this year brought major changes to energy policy in North Carolina
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dee Stewart was in Raleigh this spring to disclose poll results lauding renewable energy
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2017 @ 2:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 589, passed earlier this year by the General Assembly, could put allies of North Carolina’s renewable energy industry somewhat at ease, said Randy Wheeless, a spokesman for Duke Energy, at a Nov. 1 meeting of renewable advocates
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 3:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Utilities Commission approved a massive Beaufort County solar project in October after the developer relocated the portion of the project that would have surrounded the Terra Ceia Christian School
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics say N.C. State University's Clean Energy Technology Center is little more than a promotional ally of the solar industry, and the state should pull the plug on its funding
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don't
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is bigger and more expensive than it needs to be, thanks to an economic concept called the "special interest effect."
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An amended energy bill is putting supporters of renewable energy at odds with a state Senate leader concerned about the effect of wind farms on military bases
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In what may be a first, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has put on its docket a petition to declare that a renewable power facility is in fact a public utility under NC law
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 3:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on HB 589
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 12:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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