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.
CJ Reports: Uncertain status of smokable hemp frustrates entrepreneurs, police in Carolinas
This week, Carolina Journal’s Brooke Conrad reported on a hemp seizure in South Carolina. According to Conrad, the police recently entered a smoke shop in Anderson County, South Carolina, and…
Milk Commission: It does a crony good?
Would it be in the public's interest to force milk prices high enough here to enable farms with higher operational costs to compete?
Good for thee, not for me: Gas-guzzling D.C. edition
Todd Shepherd of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a questionable decision from the District of Columbia’s government. The District of Columbia municipal government is exploring an environmentalist lawsuit against oil…
JLF’s Don van der Vaart appointed to N.C. Environmental Management Commission
The John Locke Foundation’s Don van der Vaart has been appointed to the Environmental Management Commission. The Environmental Management Commission is a 15-member commission responsible for adopting rules for the…
Oil exports and energy independence
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online attempts to clear up some myths about American energy supplies. Is the United States really energy independent? Is Iran? As the two nations inch…
CJ Reports: Arguments over smokable hemp cloud debate over farm legislation
Kari Travis wrote an article this week in Carolina Journal on the current debate over smokable hemp in the General Assembly. According to Travis: A House committee on July 17…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the debate over smokable hemp and the N.C. farm bill. Jordan Roberts’ Daily Journal highlights new research from Duke scholars that raises…
CJ Reports: Intervention from governor’s adviser led to ACP document recall
This week, Carolina Journal’s Don Carrington reported on the approval process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) so far. The story is proving to be more complex than many first…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on the role of politics in N.C. permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how official statistics understate economic…
Green New Deal not about the climate
Editors at the Washington Examiner probe the real purpose of the Green New Deal. … [T]he $93 trillion Green New Deal, was still billed as if it were a legitimate…
JLF’s Don van der Vaart on WBT’s Pat McCrory Show with Bo Thompson
JLF’s Don van der Vaart appeared on the Pat McCrory Show on WBT Radio. Dr. van der Vaart went on the show to speak with the former governor about the…
Can Higher Property Taxes in Orange County Save the Planet?
Commissioners in Orange County, North Carolina, apparently think proceeds from a quarter-cent property tax increase would mitigate climate change.