Sowing Resilience Hero: Mike Jones
Mike Jones owner of MAE Farm Meats talks food deserts, food insecurity, and changes in agriculture.
Gov. Cooper & Sec. Granholm create new jobs in partnership with Siemens Energy under tax credit program.
The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is siding with Pender County in its legal fight with a company seeking a permit for a 2,300-acre solar farm. The Farm Bureau filed paperwork Monday at the state Court of Appeals to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
This week on “The Debrief”: President Biden returns to Raleigh. The North Carolina Republican Party elects a new chairman. Primary election results are in the books. Carolina Journal digs deeper into the details of NCInnovation. CJ shines light on state budget reserve funds that hide spending increases. Lawmakers take another look at plans to reduce...
n a new analysis, experts ‘graded the grid’ and found wind and solar to be the worst energy generation options.
Duke Energy has revealed plans to build a new natural gas power plant in Catawba County beginning in 2026, sticking to a reliable fossil fuel source as power demand grows and green energy options fall short.
The American Farmland Trust (AFT) ranked North Carolina second in the nation for farmland threatened from residential development. It’s a big concern. Agriculture is the state’s top industry, employing about one-fifth of the state’s workforce. According to North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, North Carolina has about 8.3 million acres of farmland. Per AFT estimates,...
New technology is exciting, but politicians who flex their influence and power to force premature adoption do a disservice to their communities. As a New Hanover County commissioner, I write to caution my county — and all the other counties and municipalities in North Carolina — against imposing harmful electric vehicle (EV) mandates. In January,...
The left’s forced march into its aggressive green agenda has left devastation in its wake in states across the country, but that hasn’t stopped Gov. Roy Cooper from quietly colluding with the elite left to force the agenda on North Carolinians. Headlines tell the story that politicians and bureaucrats won’t. A Politico headline about California...
Only those who can afford to install solar panels benefit from government-endorsed benefits.
Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement on Tuesday that Siemens Energy, Inc. will be adding an additional 559 jobs to the over 3,500 positions it already has in North Carolina made headlines across the state.
Cooper's office and state offices receive grants for funding staff climate positions.