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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.
Energy
Daily Journal: De-strawed customers are ‘distrawght’
Julie Havlak writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal that biodegradable replacements for plastic straws are not cheap, nor are they always perfect. After a video of scientists pulling a bloody…
Energy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Will Rierson reports for Carolina Journal Online on five former N.C. governors from both major parties uniting to oppose two proposed state constitutional amendments. Julie Havlak’s Daily Journal highlights reaction…
Energy
Trump’s fuel-economy changes will have insignificant climate impact
Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute takes aim at recent criticism of the Trump administration’s proposed changes in federal auto fuel-efficiency standards. In a recent article in Energy and…
Energy
Before installing rooftop solar to save on power bills, do the math
They paid $17,500 to install the panels to save $30/mo. After a standard
Energy
NYT botches global warming coverage
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller reports on criticism of the New York Times‘ latest reports linked to global warming. The New York Times published an article claiming unequivocally that…
Energy
Restoring more freedom to automakers
Editors at National Review Online urge the Trump administration to “free the carmakers” from overly burdensome CAFE standards and a special California rule. The Trump administration has proposed two major…
Energy
Weakening Obama emissions rules
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner describes Trump administration efforts to roll back Obama-era emissions restrictions. The Trump administration moved Thursday to replace strict Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for vehicles…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
New university-based research suggests Tennessee’s taxpayer-funded pre-K program produces no measurable benefits for participating students. Terry Stoops assesses the significance of the research for North Carolina during the next edition…
Energy
JLF’s Van Der Vaart featured in North State Journal: GHG emissions declines continue without federal regulation
Don van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow and former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, writes for North State Journal that the free market is accomplishing…
Energy
Russians attack electrical grid
Kyle Perisic writes at the Daily Caller about one way in which the Russian government has taken aim at a key component of Americans’ daily lives. The Department of Homeland…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Battling a GOP carbon tax
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner reports on the conservative campaign against a Republican-backed carbon tax plan. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., [becomes] the first Republican to introduce national carbon pricing…
Energy
The drive for more renewable energy cronyism is baseless
America is leading the world in reducing emissions, thanks to the operation of the free market, especially through the fruits of the entrepreneurial genius and risk-taking that combined horizontal drilling…