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New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online that the General Assembly’s failure to finalize a new state budget has some UNC System leaders feeling “grim.” Donald van der Vaart’s Daily…
Could Cooper’s Coal Ash Deal Up Your Power Bill?
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief on the Duke Energy coal-ash cleanup. Sanders describes the situation: Prior to April 2019, Duke Energy had agreed with the state…
Clearing out an Obama-era EPA backlog
Yuichiro Kakutani of the Washington Free Beacon reports on one element of a changing administration at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Protection Agency has reduced a backlog of…
Fracking’s long-term impact
Noah Rothman of Commentary labels the last 10 years the “fracking decade.” Implications of fracking extended far beyond energy prices. The most disorienting seismic shifts attributable to the fracking revolution…
Young climate prophet faces mockery
Kyle Smith writes at National Review Online about the less-than-enthusiastic response to Greta Thunberg’s apocalyptic climate tirades. “Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than…
Magic words to make your power bill go up
Did you know there are also magic words that can make your power bill go up? They were just used in the coal-ash cleanup settlement agreement between the Cooper administration,…
Rate Hikes Loom For Duke Customers, Thanks To Coal Ash Clean-Up Agreement
Prior to April 2019, Duke Energy had agreed with the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to close and excavate all but nine of its 31 coal-ash basins. DEQ had…
Another question about the coal-ash settlement: Was it a sue & settle scheme?
"Sue and settle" is an illiberal tool used by outside pressure groups in cahoots with willing government agencies to bring about a regulatory change they know they could not get…
When did Cooper change his mind about making consumers pay for coal-ash cleanup? Why?
How can it be "unfair" and not "reasonable" to sock consumers with the cleanup costs in 2014, but add extra cleanup costs in 2020 and then it’s not a problem?…
Start the New Year Right with Some Good News!
Just before Christmas, Matt Ridley published a piece in the Spectator under the title, “We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously.” It’s a good antidote to the…
NPR: Wind energy’s waste problem
Much of the structure of a wind turbine can be reused, but not the massive blades. And figuring out what to do with those will be a huge problem with…
Why The Price Of Solar Is Falling, But Your Power Bill Is Not
The cost of solar power has been falling, yet you couldn’t tell by looking at your power bill. That’s what JLF’s Jon Sanders explained in his December 17th research brief…