David Burton, member of the N.C. Sea Level Rise Risk Management Study Advisory Committee, offers one reason why alarmists ignore conflicting evidence when they make overblown predictions about rising coastal sea levels. Burton offered these comments during a Nov. 28, 2011, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Opinion
NC counties shouldn’t mandate EV infrastructure market doesn’t want
New technology is exciting, but politicians who flex their influence and power to force premature adoption do a disservice to their communities. As a New Hanover County commissioner, I write to caution my county — and all the other counties and municipalities in North Carolina — against imposing harmful electric vehicle (EV) mandates. In January,...