Energy
Advocating for making energy more affordable and reliable, Locke provides groundbreaking research and policy proposals that looks to halt the government’s destructive green energy transition.
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.
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on the latest developments surrounding a solar energy facility linked to Gov. Roy Cooper’s family. John Hood’s Daily Journal urges redistricting reform that…
Virginians criticize solar project
Nic Rowan reports for the Washington Free Beacon on the latest objection to a large-scale solar energy facility. A proposed solar-panel facility near Culpeper, Va., has local residents and landowners…
Green groups don’t like Trump’s deregulation agenda
Robert Bradley writes for National Review Online about the environmental lobby’s response to recent Trump administration actions. The Interior Department just revised a series of Obama-era regulations governing offshore oil…
Energy inefficiency, illustrated
Strata Solar, in its application to build a solar farm on Gov. Roy Cooper's Nash County property, disclosed that "Solar is an intermittent energy source, and therefore the maximum dependable…
CJ Reports: House bill scraps proposed wind turbine moratorium
Senate Bill 377, also known as the “Military Base Protection Act,” recently received approval from the House Energy and Public Utilities Committee, according to a story in Carolina Journal by…
The numbers on Germany’s Energiewende are not good
Michael Shellenberger writes a compelling piece in Forbes about Germany's disastrous Energiewende results. They were, he argues, inevitable.
Becki Gray On “After Spin”: What Do We Do With Toxic Materials In Solar Panels?
“This is an impending crisis. This could be the next coal ash pollution problem.” Becki Gray recently made this comment on NC SPIN’s online series “After SPIN.” The potential crisis…