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protecting our farmland AND our electric consumers
Published: Sunday, August 24th, 2025 @ 5:08 pm By: John Steed
protecting our farmland AND our electric consumers
 
"green energy" threatens our farmland and our food supply
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 @ 7:14 pm By: John Steed
"green energy" threatens our farmland and our food supply
 
how many landowners will get stuck with the cleanup?
Published: Monday, June 23rd, 2025 @ 8:56 pm By: John Steed
state natural resource agency puts solar grifters ahead of trees
Published: Saturday, January 4th, 2025 @ 6:50 pm By: John Steed
state natural resource agency puts solar grifters ahead of trees
 
ancient forests being destroyed to build wind turbines and solar "farms"
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2024 @ 10:42 am By: John Steed
ancient forests being destroyed to build wind turbines and solar "farms"
 
We need more control of these things in Beaufort County
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 10:49 am By: John Steed
We need more control of these things in Beaufort County
 
when will Beaufort County pass a solar farm ordinance with some teeth?
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2023 @ 2:44 pm By: John Steed
when will Beaufort County pass a solar farm ordinance with some teeth?
 
a lesson for North Carolina and its Green New Deal, HB 951
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2023 @ 9:10 am By: John Steed
a lesson for North Carolina and its Green New Deal, HB 951
 
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
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.
 
people do not want these eyesores in their communities
people do not want these eyesores in their communities
 
Leif Le Mahieu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a recent controversy involving solar farms.
Leif Le Mahieu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a recent controversy involving solar farms.
 
history being lost to solar grifters in Virginia; may happen in NC with HB951
Published: Saturday, August 7th, 2021 @ 11:53 am By: John Steed
history being lost to solar grifters in Virginia; may happen in NC with HB951
 
There is an unfinished piece of business from Beaufort County's now expired wind and solar farm moratorium.
There is an unfinished piece of business from Beaufort County's now expired wind and solar farm moratorium.
 
The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
 
Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments.
Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments.
 
Meredith Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper’s sister-in-law, has been listed since April as manager of the company that owns the Cooper family’s Nash County solar farm property. That’s when Meredith filed an annual report with the N.C. Secretary of State.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 6:43 pm By: Carolina Journal
Meredith Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper’s sister-in-law, has been listed since April as manager of the company that owns the Cooper family’s Nash County solar farm property. That’s when Meredith filed an annual report with the N.C. Secretary of State.
 
The state Utility Commission will weigh whether the GenX compound that has polluted the Cape Fear River Basin could contaminate the Wilkinson Solar Plant in the Terra Ceia community of Beaufort County
The state Utility Commission will weigh whether the GenX compound that has polluted the Cape Fear River Basin could contaminate the Wilkinson Solar Plant in the Terra Ceia community of Beaufort County
 
Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
 
Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
 
Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
 
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
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
 
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
 
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
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
 
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
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
 
The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will meet on September 19, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will meet on September 19, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
 
The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will hold a meeting from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday, September 11, 2017
The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will hold a meeting from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday, September 11, 2017
 
Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
 
Gertrude Respess claims Wilkinson Solar, and its parent company Invenergy Solar Development, last year took advantage of her dying husband Rhonda to obtain farmland for a large solar installation in Beaufort County
Gertrude Respess claims Wilkinson Solar, and its parent company Invenergy Solar Development, last year took advantage of her dying husband Rhonda to obtain farmland for a large solar installation in Beaufort County
 
Jeanne Van Staalduinen teaches at Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
Jeanne Van Staalduinen teaches at Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
 
Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
 
Three parties are claiming that energy from the 60 megawatt Summit Farms Solar project in Currituck County will offset a portion of their "carbon footprint": the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Medical Center, and the Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation
Three parties are claiming that energy from the 60 megawatt Summit Farms Solar project in Currituck County will offset a portion of their "carbon footprint": the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Medical Center, and the Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation
 
North Carolina has no plan for disposing of millions of tons of material from solar installations dotting the state
North Carolina has no plan for disposing of millions of tons of material from solar installations dotting the state
 
State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, warns North Carolina "may be on the way to [becoming] the next Superfund site" because it lacks a closure plan for hundreds of millions of tons of solar farm materials containing hazardous substances when the solar facilities wear out.
State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, warns North Carolina "may be on the way to [becoming] the next Superfund site" because it lacks a closure plan for hundreds of millions of tons of solar farm materials containing hazardous substances when the solar facilities wear out.
 
As reported in The Fayetteville Observer back in March: From 2007 to 2014...$421 million [was spent in the Cape Fear region] on solar projects. In the first 70 days of 2015, Dallas-based Principal Solar announced plans to tack on another $325 million worth of facilities in Cumberland and Bladen...
As reported in The Fayetteville Observer back in March: From 2007 to 2014...$421 million [was spent in the Cape Fear region] on solar projects. In the first 70 days of 2015, Dallas-based Principal Solar announced plans to tack on another $325 million worth of facilities in Cumberland and Bladen...
 
The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would extend the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit - set to expire at the end of 2015 - by one year to allow several major solar farms to hook up to the power grid. Over five years, the solar companies could collect as much as...
The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would extend the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit - set to expire at the end of 2015 - by one year to allow several major solar farms to hook up to the power grid. Over five years, the solar companies could collect as much as...
 
We have the video of the September 15, 2014 Chocowinity Planning Board meeting at which the board approved recommending the permitting of a solar farm on a tract of land zoned Residential off of Bragaw Lane in Chocowinity.
We have the video of the September 15, 2014 Chocowinity Planning Board meeting at which the board approved recommending the permitting of a solar farm on a tract of land zoned Residential off of Bragaw Lane in Chocowinity.
 
John Morrison, chief operating officer of Strata Solar in Chapel Hill, on Wednesday was lauding the brisk growth of sun-powered electricity in North Carolina in comments to the North Carolina Energy Policy Council. His company has built solar farm and solar array projects across North Carolina with
John Morrison, chief operating officer of Strata Solar in Chapel Hill, on Wednesday was lauding the brisk growth of sun-powered electricity in North Carolina in comments to the North Carolina Energy Policy Council. His company has built solar farm and solar array projects across North Carolina with
 

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