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.
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
School districts across the state must decide again this year how to cope with a planned teacher union walkout in May. Terry Stoops analyzes the May 1 union action for…
Millennials on merit, diversity, environment, and jobs
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner details disturbing new survey results. [A]ccording to a pathbreaking survey by the pollster who has charted Millennials the most, the revolution they’re bringing to…
Big-dollar liberal donor wants support for Green New Deal
Brent Scher of the Washington Free Beacon reports on one large-scale liberal donor’s requirements for 2020 presidential candidates. The secretive Democracy Alliance donor club is hoping its nearly $300 million…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the potential impact for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline of new Trump administration executive orders. Kristen Blair’s Daily Journal focuses on pressure teen…
AOC blames immigration woes on global warming
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller highlights the latest odd pronouncement from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said climate change was a “major factor” behind…
NC ratepayers could pay the steep price of Cooper’s cronyism
NC ratepayers were faced with overpaying for electricity by more than a billion dollars. A new law was going to save them about $850 million on the cost of future…
AOC and flatulent cows
It’s not clear whether U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ever has seen a cow. Yet, as CNS.com reports, the freshman member of Congress believes it’s important to consider one particular bovine…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on reaction to a bill to give N.C. school teachers $400 each for classroom supplies. Donald van der Vaart’s Daily Journal explains how…
Secretary of state pans impact of Paris climate agreement
Mairead McArdle reports for National Review Online a new assessment of the high-profile Paris climate accord from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday…
Fracking Saves Lives
Last month, the National Bureau of Economic Research published a working paper called, “Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality.” Here’s the key finding: We find that lower heating prices reduce mortality…
Green New Deal? How about a focus on natural gas instead
Robert Bryce writes at National Review Online about real energy innovation. While the Green New Deal continues to dominate energy discussions in the United States, the rest of the world…
Democrats who support the Green New Deal don’t want to vote on it
John McCormack writes at National Review Online about Democrats’ mystifying approach to a Senate vote on the proposed Green New Deal. On Tuesday, all Senate Republicans and four Senate Democrats…