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...
Federal environmental regulations are battering farmers, and public policy research analyst Darren Bakst believes there is a mechanism to address the plight. It’s the next version of the federal Farm Bill, now in its early stages, said Bakst, a former John Locke Foundation researcher now with the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation. The regulatory burden is...
MOORESVILLE — Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis talked Obamacare, energy policy, the federal budget, and the Export-Import Bank during a meeting with Americans for Prosperity activists during a luncheon Monday at the Langtree Plantation in Mooresville. He said that in some states, such as West Virginia, new emission standards from the Environmental Protection Agency would increase residents' energy bills on average an extra $1,200 annually.
RALEIGH — A nearly eight-year-long legal battle between the state of North Carolina and Alcoa Power Generating Inc. over four hydroelectric dams the company owns and operates on the Yadkin River may be coming to an end. The state last week issued a water quality permit to Alcoa, one of the final impediments preventing the company from receiving a new license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
RALEIGH — Even though Alcoa Power Generating Inc. has won two more legal battles against the state of North Carolina dealing with the company’s efforts to relicense its four hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River, the state plans to continue fighting to gain control of those facilities, says a spokesman for one of the agencies involved in the legal battle.
RALEIGH — Alcoa Power Generating Inc. scored a victory in federal court May 6 when U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle ruled that the state of North Carolina failed to prove that a 45-mile segment of the Yadkin River where Alcoa operates four hydroelectric dams was navigable for commerce in 1789. Alcoa continues to assert that the deeds it has to property all along the contested area are valid.
RALEIGH — Republican consultant Mattie Lawson faces insurance agent Paul Tine to represent this coastal district. The North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation expects House District 6 to be one of the state's 20 most competitive contests.
Most Americans are aware of our government-caused economic debacle, but very few realize how badly our legal system has been perverted. That’s why I strongly recommend One Nation Under Arrest. You will be outraged at the injustices the authors present. You may find yourself thinking, “This seems like the way people were treated in the Soviet Union. America should be different.”
RALEIGH — Several cities in California, Colorado, and other states have banned outdoor grilling — particularly where wood or charcoal is involved — at parks and other public areas and at events including weekend festivals. And if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tightens its regulations covering coarse particulate matter in 2011, mobile smokers could be endangered.
RALEIGH — U.S. District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle ruled Tuesday, for the second time, that former N. C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill will not receive an active prison sentence for his role in the illegal dredging of the Currituck Sound in 2004.
RALEIGH — A panel of federal judges ruled on Friday that a North Carolina judge should have imposed a harsher sentence on former N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill for his role in the illegal dredging of the Currituck Sound in 2004.
