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Cooper signs Executive Order to preserve NC natural resources
Governor Cooper signed an executive order to preserve wetlands and natural resources.
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Former Gorbachev adviser Yuri Maltsev discusses ‘curse’ of Russia’s natural resources in 2013
Economist Yuri Maltsev, an adviser to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev before a 1989 defection to the United States, died in January 2023. In April 2013 Maltsev spoke with Carolina Journal Radio about the “curse” of Russia’s abundant natural resources.
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‘Smart Growth’ Fizzles at Election Time
The September release of a Smart Growth America study charging that North Carolina’s Triad and Triangle regions have the second- and third-most serious sprawl problems in the country put discussion of so-called “Smart Growth” back in the state’s news. But Donna Martinez reports that growth policies took a backseat to economic issues in the Nov. 5 election.
