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Trump Signs EO withdrawing from Paris Agreement
Experts suggest the US far outpaces other countries in reducing emissions, even without Paris Agreement.
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Trump’s inaugural address previews priorities and criticizes FEMA’s NC response
At 12:01 on Monday, January 20, Donald J. Trump became the 47th President of the United States, declaring the "Golden age of America begins right now."
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Troxler: “Green banking” will drive up grocery prices, put food supply at risk
Troxler joins letter against Net-Zero Banking Alliance.
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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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United Nations Foundation funding ‘Green’ staff positions in Governor’s office, state agencies
Cooper's office and state offices receive grants for funding staff climate positions.
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Biden administration could push leftward on school choice, health care in N.C.
With President Biden in the White House and Democrats in control of both houses of Congress, conservatives are bracing for a flurry of policy changes on issues they care about. Already, the Biden administration has unleashed nearly two dozen executive orders related to immigration, climate change, and gender identity. When Congress comes back into session,...
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Holding, Coleman square off in debate over tightly contested 2nd CD
2nd U.S. Congressional District (includes all of Franklin, Harnett, and Nash counties, and portions of Johnston, Wake, and Wilson counties.) George Holding, Republican. (one-term incumbent, served two terms in 13th Congressional District). Education: Wake Forest University degrees in classics and law. Occupation: Congressman. Career highlights: Member of House Ways and Means Committee. Former legislative counsel...
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Locke scholar calls North Carolina entry into U.S. Climate Alliance ‘virtue signaling’
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition opposed to President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Their goal is reducing their states’ share of the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to hit Paris Agreement targets. Thirteen of the...
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Governor signs up N.C. for Paris climate deal
RALEIGH — While the Trump administration opts out of the Paris climate change agreement, North Carolina will opt in, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday. The Paris accord was signed in 2015 by 195 world leaders, including President Barack Obama, who promised to reduce greenhouse emissions and subject themselves to the oversight of the United Nations. The agreement allowed...
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Clean Power Plan Regulations Called Costly, Ineffective
During his March 11 campaign stop in Raleigh, Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., warned of planetary devastation from climate change unless the world shifts from fossil fuel-based energy to renewable forms of power. Meanwhile, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy has said her agency would continue advancing the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan — requiring...
