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.
Better, cleaner energy production without a government order
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online probes factors other than government dictates that are leading to improvements in energy production. While the amateur schemers in Washington dream of a “Green…
The Green Real Deal: America leads the way with solutions that arose in the free market
The U.S. leads the world in cutting carbon dioxide emissions. U.S. emissions are at their lowest level since 1992 — and lowest per-capita level since 1950.
The media disconnect on consumer expenses
On the editorial side, media prefer higher taxes and higher costs on families by government policies. But they also have consumer-help desks that report on ways families can save money.
Green New deal as ‘socialist con game’
Frank Miele writes for Real Clear Politics that the proposed Green New Deal represents old left-of-center thinking. The allure of the Green New Deal can be summed up in three…
A technical problem for the Green New Deal
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner details one of the chief obstacles facing the proposed Green New Deal. The Green New Deal would require an overhaul of the transmission lines…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on the public relations group assembled to sell Gov. Roy Cooper’s actions linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. John Trump’s Daily Journal highlights…
“The Perils of Zero-Sum Worldviews on the Left and Right”
That’s the title of a thoughtful post by Ilya Somin on the Volokh Conspiracy blog. It’s well worth reading in its entirety, but here are a few excerpts: Some may…
Will North Carolina soon be open to offshore exploration?
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the Obama administration had estimated that the mid-Atlantic OCS holds about 2.4 billion technically recoverable barrels of oil and 2.34 trillion technically…
A real solution if global warming is a problem
Ronald Bailey explains at Reason’s “Hit and Run” blog why addressing climate change would not require a massive hit to the American economy. In his 1997 Reason article “Climate Control,”…
Responding to consumers’ green energy demands
Travis Kavulla explains in the latest print edition of National Review how policymakers ought to respond to consumer demand for more “green” energy. Democrats have said that consumers are demanding…
Talk About Fake News!
In a recent Spectator article called “Lying with science: a guide to myth debunking,” Matt Ridley begins by observing that, “Pseudoscience is on the rise – and the media is completely…
Inefficient efficiency
Ben Lieberman reports for the Washington Examiner that efforts to boost appliances’ efficiency might be missing the mark. It is hard to find anything in Washington more inefficient than an…