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.
Allowing kids to sue over climate change
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller details a disturbing federal court ruling from the West Coast. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in favor of 21 children and young adults…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on a complicated web of transactions involving Gov. Roy Cooper, his brother, and Nash County land used for a solar farm. John Trump’s…
It’s Free, It’s Free!
Lackluster sales of electric vehicles are pushing at least one city to add yet another incentive to get people to buy them. The new idea is to give dealerships incentives…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on experts’ concerns about Gov. Roy Cooper’s secretive deal for an Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why left-of-center critics…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on friends and foes of offshore drilling making their points during a hearing this week in Raleigh. John Hood’s Daily Journal explores the…
Cato podcast: How renewable energy portfolio standards hike rates on the poor
The Cato Institute is airing a podcast called "How Not to Subsidize Renewable Energy" that explains how "The renewable portfolio standard subsidizes renewable energy in states via higher energy costs for…
At Your Fingertips: Carolina Journal Archive of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Reporting
Not exactly sure what’s up with questions swirling around Gov. Roy Cooper’s $57.8 million discretionary fund attached to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? Not sure where things stand between Cooper and…
Wall Street Journal: Hey, guess what will save solar?
You probably know that solar energy advocates acknowledge that solar is an unsustainable industry without lots of government aid.
Death threats prompt EPA chief to fly first class
Critics of Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt have mocked him since learning about his habit of taking first-class flights. As Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon reports, few…
UtilityDive asks: Is PURPA done?
Last year North Carolina policymakers made major changes to state energy policy — but not to the state's exorbitant avoided-cost rates. Such a reform is all the more necessary, however, because…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on questions surrounding income from a solar farm owned by Gov. Roy Cooper’s family members. John Hood’s Daily Journal emphasizes states’ roles in…
Energy poverty and the painful truth about energy efficiency programs’ impact on the poor
The underlying issue is that everyone, rich or poor, needs energy. It is a basic human need, so anything that makes it more expensive will disproportionately harm the poor more.