The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has released new guidance about consuming certain types of fish from parts of the lower Cape Fear River. The new recommendations are the latest in the fallout from the discovery of contaminants known as PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the Cape Fear River. PFAS also known as...
After months of delays, a barrier wall at the Chemours Fayetteville Works Site in Bladen County is complete, according to The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). In a statement, the agency said, “As of June 11, DEQ has been notified that the barrier wall is complete. The extraction wells and treatment system are...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced it will enact an emergency exception to the Coastal Barriers Resource Act The exception will allow USACE to use the Masonboro Inlet location for renourishing Wrightsville beach, work that is scheduled to begin in November. With hurricane season officially started June 1 and running through November...
The N.C. Farm Bureau Federation detailed concerns in a court filing Monday about a “sue-and-settle” scheme that could have influenced new state animal waste regulations. The N.C. Court of Appeals is scheduled to address the Farm Bureau’s complaint in the coming months.
The bill would relabel “renewable energy resources” to “clean energy resources” in the State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS) and add nuclear fission and fusion into the definition of clean energy.
Now more than 50 years old, the federal Clean Water Act deserves a fresh look. That was the message U.S. Rep. David Rouzer delivered as he chaired a congressional hearing on the topic Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee cleared a bill that helps pave the way for nuclear energy to play a significant role in North Carolina’s energy future. The bill revises the definition of renewable energy to use the term “clean energy” instead. Senate Bill 678 (S.B. 678) would replace the term “renewable energy” with “clean...
Andre Beliveau, John Locke Foundation strategic projects and government affairs manager, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 678, Promote Clean Energy. Beliveau offered these comments during an April 25, 2023, meeting of the Senate Rules Committee.
Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation director of government affairs, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 669, Solar Decommissioning Requirements. Roberts offered these comments during the April 18, 2023, meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee.
The approaching summer and Atlantic hurricane season are bound to bring doom-and-gloom predictions/
Less than two weeks after going to court, the N.C. Environmental Management Commission has dropped its lawsuit against the state Rules Review Commission. The EMC offered the court no explanation for its decision.
