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.
Cooper’s pipeline quid pro quo looks really bad
Money (a) to secure a beneficial state action (b) placed into an account controlled by the governor (c) to be disbursed at the governor's discretion to cronies (d) outside the legislative…
Financing roads
The Trump administration has shared the outlines of its effort to reform and rebuild the nation’s transportation infrastructure. John Tierney, writing for City Journal, sums up the approach as “get…
Why Trump’s solar tariff is a bad idea
Imposing a tariff on solar panels crosses that line between freeing up the energy market for fairer competition (this is government's proper role) and picking favorites in that competition (this…
Trump Putting American Consumers Last and Foreign Consumers First
President Trump announced this week that he intends to place heavy tariffs on two brands of imported washing machines, LG and Samsung, and on imported solar panels and other solar…
Trump’s Solar Tariff is a Bad Idea
This week the administration of President Donald Trump announced a massive tariff against imported solar photovoltaic panels. The tariff would start at 30 percent and decline annually at 5 percent…
Hollywood not as thrilled with the Goracle these days
Chris White of the Daily Caller probes the Hollywood establishment’s response to the latest film from the high prophet of climate doom and gloom. The Academy Awards snubbed the sequel…
New England is buying Russian natural gas because of its limited pipeline infrastructure
Gov. Cooper should see this as a cautionary tale. His administration is still dithering on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline despite it having received a favorable environmental review from the Federal Energy Regulatory…
Deep freeze and the electrical grid
John Siciliano of the Washington Examiner reports that Congress will probe the lasting impact of the recent cold spell. The deep freeze that tested the nation’s electric grid this month…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that solar energy projects in North Carolina are pitting neighbor against neighbor. The Daily Journal explains why an education statistic called “per-pupil expenditure”…
Technological breakthroughs in energy help us, no matter the energy source
Conventional thinking about technological innovation in energy production seems to focus only on renewable technology, as if traditional sources of energy are incapable of technological change. But that simply isn't…
Energy codes help the rich, hurt the poor
North Carolina’s building code for energy conservation is nowhere near as strict as California’s. A new working paper suggests this is a good thing if we care about living conditions…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. lawmakers’ frustrations about the state Department of Health and Human Services’ failure to launch a mandated watchdog group. John Hood’s Daily…