Center for Food, Power, and Life
The Center for Food, Power, and Life aims to protect and expand freedom in the vital policy areas of agriculture, energy, and the environment, which we believe will enhance North Carolinians' lives by better access to food, power, and more of life's needs and wants.
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the state Supreme Court’s second crack at a case targeting Attorney General Josh Stein’s hog farm “slush fund.” John Hood’s CJ Opinion reminds us that…
How Much Damage to Our Coastal Communities and Ecology For a Biden/Cooper ‘Win’ on Wind?
In 2020, citing risks to the state's coastal economy and ecology, Gov. Cooper got Pres. Trump to add North Carolina to his offshore energy leasing moratorium, finding out later it…
Liberal Policies Contribute to Inflation, Fuel Shortages
Frank Lasee writes at Real Clear Energy about the impact of Democrats’ preferred spending and energy policies. Workers have been earning higher wages in the last few years, but inflation…
Climate Alarmism Puts Biden to Sleep
Caroline Downey of National Review Online reports on an unfortunate incident for President Biden. Surrounded by foreign leaders, President Biden appeared to doze off while listening to the opening speeches…
Independent energy management firm warns clients about NC’s new energy law
Resource Supply Management (RSM), which is is an independent, objective customer agent providing energy procurement and energy management services to commercial, institutional and industrial customers, is warning its clients about…
How California environmental overregulation caused “Containergeddon”
"The bottleneck in California (caused by that state’s stringent emissions laws) led directly to bottlenecks at every other port in America."
A New Law Means Higher Electricity Costs Are Coming, But Does It Stop Even Worse Rate Hikes?
Signed by Gov. Cooper, HB 951 puts his policy goal of 70% reduction of CO2 emissions into law, allows multiyear rate plans for utilities, and lets small solar facilities amend…
Wind Energy’s Problems Reach Well Beyond the Threat to Wildlife
As reported in the N&O: A team of scientists led by Duke University researchers will set out to determine the risk offshore wind turbines could pose to birds, fish and…
Wait, who agrees electricity costs must keep going up? Not consumers
Speaking normally, the phrase cost of electricity refers to the cost of electricity. To our media, it seems, the phrase cost of electricity is a nonsense phrase, a bit of…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the General Assembly finalizing the No Patient Left Alone Act. CJ also reports on the N.C. Revenue Department’s recent courtroom loss in a dispute involving…
Testimony before NCGA Senate Committees on HB 951, Energy Solutions
I testified on HB 951, Energy Solutions for North Carolina this week before both the Senate Ag/Energy/Enviro Committee and the Senate Rules Committee. Here are my prepared remarks: Energy policy. This…
China Would Need to Cut Its Own Coal Consumption to Meet Paris Climate Goals
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner reviews China’s latest climate-related pledge. China made a big splash at the United Nations General Assembly, with President Xi Jinping announcing the country would…