The lesson here is that North Carolina still needs its coal power plants. Faced with the choice between loss of their power and higher emissions, people would choose the latter, especially during extreme weather. Duke and the DOE wisely made the right choice to keep the power on.
A new report from the John Locke Foundation outlines obstacles and policy solutions to using natural gas to create a path to a zero-emissions future.
The North Carolina Utilities Commission will conduct hearings beginning Wednesday, July 24, to hear from experts on the potential consequences of Duke Energy's Carbon Plan.
When regulators from the N.C. Division of Air Quality shut down Active Energy Renewable Power in Lumberton, they did so because the company was installing two pieces of equipment that would further reduce air emissions, while the state says the additional equipment was not in the original design. Supporters of the project in Lumberton tell...
Any new fuel must pass two tests before people will use it as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels.
