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A coalition of organizations is urging Congress to terminate the subsidies associated with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the elements of the Green New Deal it codified in policy.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2025 @ 9:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The old proverb states that April showers bring May Flowers. So, what does August heat bring? Answer: Huge electric bills. My July bill was so high I was convinced my meter was broken and called to get a service person to my house.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 9:07 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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JPMorgan Chase signed an agreement with the Ukrainian government in the hopes of coordinating between $20 billion and $30 billion in funds to rebuild the war-torn country.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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The plan acknowledges adding more solar and wind generation raises rates and harms job creation
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It seems like just a few days ago that The News & Observer (N&O) was running banner headlines and filing multiple stories about how bad power outages are for people.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 3:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New K-12 Science Standards for North Carolina schools were released last month, and the results are a mixed bag
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2023 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New Yorkers may have the chance to sue big oil companies and other fossil fuel producers under new climate change legislation proposed by a Brooklyn Democrat, which emulates a Texas law against abortion providers.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a “price gouging penalty” for oil companies this week as Golden State lawmakers assembled to deliberate energy policy.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 9:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat President Joe Biden has reportedly been told by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that he will need to dramatically scale back one of the top items included in his $3.5 trillion social spending bill.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat President Joe Biden’s plan to reshape America with his $3.5 trillion social spending bill hit another obstacle on Thursday as one top Democrat Senator said that it would not happen anytime soon.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Biden administration has made it clear to Israel that it will not support the proposed EastMed natural-gas pipeline from Israel to Europe by way of Greece and Cyprus, a reversal of the Trump administration’s position.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 10:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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Smart Wires will relocate from San Francisco Bay area, creating 250 jobs
Published: Friday, September 3rd, 2021 @ 10:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A proposed committee substitute for House Bill 951, Modernize Energy Generation was introduced and discussed in the NC House last week.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday kicked off the new two-year state legislative session, and many politicos have stars in their eyes at the possibilities inherent with the new beginning.
Published: Monday, January 18th, 2021 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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California, a state of nearly 40 million people, is bracing for a round of power outages over Labor Day weekend due to an extreme heatwave, less than a month since the state experienced rolling blackouts for the first time in decades.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 7:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Here in North Carolina, in this century, per-capita carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation are down over 50 percent. We are witnessing falling emissions even as we are one of the nation's fastest-growth states.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State tax credits for solar energy projects made for bad public policy. That doesn’t excuse recent action from the N.C. Revenue Department that denies those credits to solar energy finance companies.
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Gov. Cooper declared September 22-27 as Clean Energy Week for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 2:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper’s Climate Change Interagency Council presented four key plans related to clean energy and climate change to the Governor today.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 8:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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A new study from the U.S. Navy says expanding the Amazon Wind Farm site near Elizabeth City, as the operator planned to do, may cause interference with the Navy's radar-tracking facility in southern Virginia
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nuclear power advocates are jumping on the climate change bandwagon. They are repackaging the industry as a clean energy alternative, and making a case for government subsidies
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 11:08 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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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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House Bill 589, the misnamed Competitive Energy Solutions for NC, is making its way through the North Carolina Senate
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2017 @ 1:08 am
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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Two highly regarded Republican political consultants told an audience of state lawmakers, lobbyists, and renewable-energy entrepreneurs Tuesday they should consider government intervention into the renewable energy market a "slam dunk" conservative issue that wins at the ballot box
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 @ 9:18 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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Electricity is a basic human need. I think people already knew that on an abstract level, but widespread and long-term power outages after Hurricane Matthew made it more personal
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Motor vehicle "biofuels" like ethanol made from corn and soybeans may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline, based on a new study from John DeCicco, a professor and researcher at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, challenging claims by environmentalists that vehicles using biofuels are
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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