Dr. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, explains why JLF researchers have called on the General Assembly to repeal the renewable energy mandates set out in 2007 legislation known as Senate Bill 3. Cordato offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 395).
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