A massive fire at a plastic recycling plant in Indiana led to the evacuation of around 2,000 people from the surrounding area while clouds of toxic smoke billowed into the sky on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 5:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s biggest plastic accumulation area, and scientists are hard at work trying to get rid of the debris.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 @ 7:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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DARPA funded
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2022 @ 4:17 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Hollywood actor Jason Momoa just shaved off his signature long mane all in the hopes of influencing people to use fewer single-use plastic items.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pöppelmann Plastics USA LLC, a plastics manufacturer, will create 133 new jobs in Catawba County, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 3:13 am
By: Governor's Office
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Democrats look to indirect taxes to try to fool voters
Published: Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 @ 6:52 am
By: John Steed
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Polykemi AB to invest $11 million in Gastonia
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 2:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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RMC Advanced Technologies, Inc. (“RMC”), a manufacturer of molded plastic and composite parts, will develop a new manufacturing operation in Newton, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2020 @ 2:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Manufacturer to make $45 million capital investment in Salisbury
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 1:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Serioplast Will Invest $9.4 Million in a New Presence in the Town of Red Springs
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 @ 1:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Kyle Smith writes at National Review Online about the revival of an item despised by the environmental left.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU grad and entrepreneur shifts focus to help local medical community
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 11:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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Nebraska Plastics to add 22 new jobs in Chowan County
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 8:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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This summer, a Canadian grocery store took the war on plastic bags to the next level.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 6:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Plastics Extrusion Company, Inc., known as Impact Plastics, will expand its manufacturing operations in Richmond County and create 13 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 @ 9:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Era Polymers Corporation, an Australian manufacturer specializing in polyurethane chemistry, will open its first industrial facility in the United States, creating 20 new jobs in Gaston County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Some First Amendment experts say a federal judge in Seattle erred in blocking a company from publishing blueprints for plastic guns, and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is wrong for supporting the decision because it's an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators voted to override two of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes Thursday. They addressed a key piece of a third vetoed bill through a local measure that avoids the governor's scrutiny.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2017 @ 9:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Another session of the N.C. General Assembly - this one especially short - should convene at noon Oct. 4.
Published: Friday, October 6th, 2017 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N. C. Retail Merchants Association are praising lawmakers for House Bill 56, which repeals the Outer Banks plastic bag ban
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A law banning plastic grocery bags in some Outer Banks communities may be unconstitutional, says a prominent former lawmaker
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly reconvenes Friday for another special session, primarily designated for redistricting business
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 1:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My family and I just spent a week at the beach - and found our big stack of reusable grocery and retail bags to be rather handy
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Palziv North America, an internationally recognized manufacturer of polyethylene foams will add 40 jobs in an expansion to its operations in Louisburg, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 @ 7:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Reliance Packaging, LLC will expand its operations in Moore County and create 48 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to invest $3.5 million in...
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 9:12 pm
By: Chris Downey
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JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband Charles "Chip" Hagan, lowered the total cost of a 2010 stimulus-funded energy project but kept all of the savings, sending none back to taxpayers who had funded the stimulus grant.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Sigma Plastics Group will restore the former Excelsior Rosman plant in Transylvania County and create 80 new jobs under the newly formed New Excelsior Incorporated.
Published: Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Opponents say a tax on plastic bags being explored by the Raleigh City Council would be "extraordinarily regressive," could cost consumers $1.8 million annually, would not help the environment, and may be unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Syfan Manufacturing, Inc. is expanding its North Carolina manufacturing operations in Martin County. The company plans to create 24 new jobs and invest more than $6.5 million over the next three years in Everetts.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 5:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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One of my favorite book titles of all time was Dennis Avery's Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic.
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2012 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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