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.
Feds spend nearly $1 million so kids can annoy their parents
Here’s a news flash: Kids are happy to annoy their parents for free. That’s not stopping the federal government from spending money to add to the problem. Elizabeth Harrington reports…
Electric grid’s vulnerability exposed
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon documents concerns about security of the American electric grid. The U.S. electric grid has become increasingly vulnerable to what the federal government is…
Danish research suggests ending the OBX plastic bag ban was good for the environment
New research by the Danish EPA finds that plastic bags are far better for the environment than paper or cotton bags.
Charting North Carolina’s falling emissions this century
To reiterate: the reasons energy-based emissions have been falling all century in North Carolina and the U.S. are market-oriented, not government-driven.
More people can afford to get where they need, and that’s a bad thing?
Advocates of public transit see an emergency in falling ridership of buses and subways. But the article acknowledges, “Reliability issues have hit low-income riders hardest,” and alternatives are more affordable. Transit…
Turning the tables in the climate debate
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller documents a curious development in a court case linked to global warming. Something bizarre happened Wednesday after the U.S. District Court for the District…
Update: North Carolina energy emissions are still falling, thanks to market forces
With new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, I have updated the charts from my report last year on "The Market Forces Behind North Carolina's Falling Emissions."
Pruitt targets EPA’s misuse of science
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller reports on welcome news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will soon end his agency’s use of…
Wake Rep. Darren Jackson Defends Gov. Cooper, Says Pipeline Fund Controversy Just Election-Year Politics
Interesting news conference from several legislative Democrats on Thursday, led by House Minority Leader Darren Jackson of Wake County. As reported by Dan Way of Carolina Journal, Rep. Jackson defended…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
State lawmakers continue to question the $58 million they label Gov. Roy Cooper’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline “slush fund.” Dan Way recaps the latest developments in the latest edition of Carolina…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. House Democratic leader Darren Jackson’s criticism of Republicans’ actions linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. John Trump’s Daily Journal highlights the…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that Volkswagen settlement money could generate another separation-of-powers dispute in N.C. state government. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains the modern conservative alliance.