North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity to promote lower emissions while growing the state’s economy — it’s critical that they take that chance. The state Senate recently advanced SB678 to the House Rules Committee. If passed, the bill would change the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS) to a Clean Energy Portfolio Standard (CEPS) and...
Much has already been written about Joe Biden’s presidency. His plans that will expand the size and scope of the federal government receive the most attention. Biden quickly pushed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through Congress, despite unanimous Republican opposition. This was on top of $3 trillion of relief passed while Donald Trump was...
Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, set a two-year record with his most recent seven vetoes. Political observers say that highlights election year politics, and the ongoing conflict between Democrats and the Republicans who control the General Assembly. “I think the governor’s going to have to get some surgery on his wrist for signing so many...
Captive ratepayers given no choice over who provides them electricity and at how much cost tend to favor least-cost, reliable electricity.
RALEIGH — In filings submitted last week, Attorney General Roy Cooper asked the nation’s highest court to review a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upended North Carolina’s case against the multistate utility.
RALEIGH — A federal appeals court dealt a major blow this year to North Carolina’s efforts to force the Tennessee Valley Authority to cut back its power plant emissions. N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper and others had blamed TVA emissions for air pollution problems in western North Carolina. Carolina Journal Associate Editor David Bass discussed the court ruling with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — In a single stroke Monday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court decision, leaving the future of Attorney General Roy Cooper’s pollution-control lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority in doubt.
RALEIGH — Beer and snacks were on the agenda at a recent meeting of the North Carolina Council of State — and they had one executive-branch officer fuming. Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry, one of two Republicans on the council, objected to past reimbursements for two private law firms assisting Cooper with his lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority.
RALEIGH -- Some legislators and environmental groups are trying to get commercial-scale wind power along the mountain ridges of western North Carolina. This would mean that lines of commercial wind turbines, which can be as tall as 500 feet (or 50 stories), would line the ridges.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Division of Air Quality scrapped a pollution report days after lawyers working for Attorney General Roy Cooper expressed concerns that its findings might lead to unwanted questions about the state’s lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority.
RALEIGH — Attorney General Roy Cooper used North Carolina gas-tax revenue to reimburse Washington lawyers thousands of dollars in unnecessary hotel and airline fees, according to receipts and travel records obtained by Carolina Journal.
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