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...
The approaching summer and Atlantic hurricane season are bound to bring doom-and-gloom predictions/
A recent spate of flashy environmental “protests” has garnered international media coverage. These protests have included throwing mashed potatoes and soup at famous paintings and vegan activists dumping milk onto grocery store floors. Despite the support these activists have received, including from prominent media sources and financial support from oil tycoon families, the efficacy of these protests is questionable at best. These activists believe that any media...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in the Triangle Tuesday singing the praises of the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act which promises to reduce consumer energy costs and cut greenhouse emissions.
Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a column that first appeared in the American Institute for Economic Research. IMPOVERISHING US IS NOT THE SOLUTION The Biden administration’s term of choice for the ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is “historic.” One reason is its “climate change” promises. The monetary costs alone are enormous, which is strangely a point of...
In nearly all North Carolina communities with bus systems, ridership is significantly lower than it was just a few years ago. In Greensboro, for example, there were 1.9 million passenger trips on city buses last year, down approximately 60% from the total in 2014. Over the same period, Winston-Salem buses experienced a comparable drop-off. In...
The federal government would be banned from using the so-called “social cost of carbon” in its rulemaking process, under a bill co-sponsored by a member of the N.C. congressional delegation. U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th District, is one of six Republican House sponsors of the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act.
Pat Michaels (1950-2022) discusses his book “Lukewarming” with Carolina Journal in 2017.
Pat Michaels (1950-2022) discusses global warming and a government-scientific complex in a 2012 interview with Carolina Journal.
Pat Michaels (1950-2022) discussed his book, “Climate Coup,” during a 2011 interview with Carolina Journal Radio. Michaels served as a Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow, director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia for 30 years, Virginia state climatologist for...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to regulate emissions and require states to shift to clean energy sources from existing power plants. Environmentalists fear this harm to their cause, but it should be seen as an opportunity. Despite what headlines suggest, this ruling does not prevent the EPA from regulating air pollutants. Instead,...
