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Energy bill would repeal 70% carbon reduction goal, saving $15 billion
The bill will remove the 2030 interim clean energy targets,reduce consumer electricity cost by a total of $15 billion.
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N.C. hits all-time high gas price of $4.20 as Biden cancels more oil leases
As gas prices pass $4.50 a gallon in N.C., one grassroots group rolls back the cost to remind voters what it used to be like.
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Trump executive orders could speed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but legal challenges loom
Two executive orders President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, April 10, could expedite completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other interstate energy transmission projects that have been delayed by state regulators. Pipeline permit-delaying tactics by officials in Washington, D.C., and New York influenced Trump’s decision to sign the executive orders. Energy companies also have pressured...
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Hudson praises Trump executive order on offshore energy production
A couple of weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th District, asked President Trump to reverse Obama-era regulations that effectively halted oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic coast. Hudson was by the president’s side on Friday when Trump signed The America First Offshore Energy Executive Order. It opens leasing of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf...
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Study: Biofuels may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline
Motor vehicle “biofuels” like ethanol made from corn and soybeans may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline, based on a new study from John DeCicco, a professor and researcher at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, challenging claims by environmentalists that vehicles using biofuels are better for the environment than cars and trucks running on...
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Fracking Opponents State Case At DENR-Sponsored Hearing
CHAPEL HILL — Nearly 700 placard-waving people filled the East Chapel Hill High School auditorium March 27 and still more were turned away due to crowding. Fifty of the 90-plus people who signed up to speak at the public hearing testified during the lively three-hour proceeding.
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Republican Leader Questions Gas Tax Payment
RALEIGH — State Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, isn’t keen on using North Carolina gasoline tax revenue to join the Climate Registry, a California-based nonprofit that seeks to fight global warming. Berger recently criticized the use of gas tax funds for expenditures unrelated to transportation, including two payments made by the N.C. Division of Air Quality to the registry.
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Recent Polls Show Energy Now Top Concern for Americans
RALEIGH — Energy is the top concern for Americans by a wide margin over any other issue, according to recent polls. A Rasmussen poll Aug. 6 showed that 64 percent of Americans want offshore drilling for domestic oil and natural gas as a way to lower gas prices. Fifty-five percent think the nation should build more nuclear plants.
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Friday Interview: Michael Barone on 2008
ASHEVILLE — Michael Barone, political analyst for Fox News and U.S. News & World Report, recently addressed a John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon in western North Carolina. He also discussed the 2008 presidential campaign with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Brad Miller Battles Over Polar Bears
RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) has picked a fight with Alaska over the state’s refusal to protect polar bears as an endangered species. Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin, however, disputes Miller, saying his “unfounded criticism could chill scientific debate.”
