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.
Biden’s green energy plans raise questions for union allies
Rebecca Rainey and Eric Wolff write at Politico about concerns from one of President Biden’s traditional allies. President Joe Biden touted his $2 trillion infrastructure plan as a “once-in-a-generation” effort…
Columnist: Gov. Cooper has taken 1st step toward cap and trade in NC
When we think of Leftist energy policy, a lot of us think of federal policy — the Green New Deal and the Biden version of the Green New Deal. But…
Biden faces heat from progressives on $10 trillion climate ideas
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon documents debate on the political left about spending to address climate change. Progressive lawmakers and environmental groups are pushing President Joe Biden to…
Greens endorse policies that would limit access to energy
Wesley Smith explains at National Review Online why it makes no sense to demonize energy. Electricity is essential to modernity. Prosperity depends on it. So does longevity and health. If…
LISTEN: Cooper & Stein on immigration and the ‘dreamers’
For weeks now, the focus has rightly been on the crisis at the southern border, as illegal immigrants flood into the United States and the Biden administration flails. But on…
Move over, plastic straw waste, and make way for masks
Recently, the trendy response in North Carolina to plastic waste pollution in the Indian Ocean was to outlaw plastic straws here, or barring that, shame or compel restaurants to virtue-signal…
California unwittingly exposes problems with Biden climate plan
Abby Smith of the Washington Examiner explains how one left-coast state’s current challenges could affect the Biden administration’s climate goals. California will have to deploy renewable power at record-breaking speed…
Biden should turn to markets, not mandates, for land conservation goal
Brian Yablonski writes at National Review Online about the right and wrong ways for the Biden administration to pursue one of its priorities. One of the first tasks facing the…
Biden’s team likes crises
Robert Smith explains at the American Thinker why the new presidential administration likes multiple major problems to address. The Biden administration has enjoyed no honeymoon. The cabal that addled Joe…
Making money from climate alarmism
You’ll be shocked — shocked! — to learn that some enterprising souls stand to make big money from the alarmism associated with climate policy. Rubert Darwall writes about the issue…
Is the world running out of resources?
In 1798, British economist Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population. In it, Malthus hypothesized that as the population grew, earth’s resources would become increasingly scarce, leading to the…
NC State Fair will Return in 2021
North Carolina’s largest agriculture celebration, the N.C. State Fair was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus. Thankfully for fans of the popular event, State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced…