Environmental groups have, surprisingly, been opposed to the shift to nuclear energy, citing higher infrastructure costs while downplaying its reduced carbon emissions.
Community leaders fear the limitations put in place by regulators, and the slow-walking of advanced small modular reactors (SMR) deployment, will cause North Carolina communities to miss out on homegrown and imported growth, specifically due to a lack of reliable energy resources.
Last year the General Assembly passed, and Gov. Roy Cooper subsequently signed House Bill 951, a transformational energy policy for North Carolina. For all intents and purposes, it is a conservative response to the costly Green New Deal. The General Assembly gave the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) authority to pick energy source winners and losers. Through...
Gov. Roy Cooper and the Biden administration want to make North Carolina carbon neutral by 2050, and President Biden’s ambitious plans to combat climate change lean heavily on offshore wind generation. The turbines could be a problem for fishermen. North Carolina’s fishing industry has largely been cautious in criticizing the wind turbines, saying it wants...
While Western civilization caps its oil wells, its enemies see the opening and are stepping up to cash in, economically and politically.
The News & Observer writes unquestioningly about another renewable energy industry report that promotes ongoing government favoritism for renewable energy. “Clean energy is becoming an increasingly important part of North Carolina’s economy,” begins the N&O. But the report itself, “Renewables on the Rise 2018” from the Environment N.C. Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, reads like...
Surely, the simple-oriented analyst argues, if we mandate that homes, businesses, and vehicles become more energy-efficient, we can reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
RALEIGH — Today, Carolina Journal Radio’s Donna Martinez talks with Daren Bakst, legal and regulatory policy analyst for the John Locke Foundation, about the sudden push nationally for wind energy and wind farms. (Go here to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
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