To regulate is to tax
Gov. Cooper’s coal-ash policy will cost hundreds of millions of dollars a year. If it were an on-budget state expenditure, it would attract significant scrutiny.
Duke Energy intends to challenge a state Department of Environmental Quality order to excavate all its coal ash pits, saying it would impose undue financial harm. Duke, one of the nation’s largest power providers, announced its decision in a news release Thursday, April 11, 10 days after DEQ ordered Duke to excavate all of its...
Rick Henderson on judge's election reform ruling; Lindalyn Kakadelis on concern over AP U.S. history class; Tom Apodaca on coal ash; Bartley Danielsen on environmental benefits of school choice; Roy Cordato on N.C. Aquarium's climate change alarmism