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.
Doom-and-gloom climate predictions proved wrong again
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller highlights the latest evidence that climate alarmists have been touting overly pessimistic projections. Another group of prominent climate scientists have published research claiming humanity…
Split Appeals Court upholds ruling against NC WARN
A panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, that environmental activist group NC WARN violated the state’s utility monopoly when it installed and maintained a solar panel…
Gov. Cooper quietly stalls pipeline project
The pipeline received a favorable environmental review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Local environmentalists remain staunchly opposed.
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Hurricane Harvey’s damage to Houston-area gas pipeline operations helped bump up gas prices in North Carolina. State officials invoked the state price gouging law. Roy Cordato explains in the next…
We’re already reducing energy emissions. No need to force it with unworkable schemes.
This great news. It also removes any justification to kill off entire industries, throw thousands of people out of work, and hide the enormous costs to people to make a…
One valuable lesson from the latest hurricanes
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explains why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma should prompt an important discussion about the future of the energy sector. Fossil fuels are very much a…
Placing Harvey in historical context
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon delivers important news to those who believe climate change is responsible for Hurricane Harvey. While media outlets are suggesting climate change is to…
Good for thee, not for me: pet edition
James Lileks muses at National Review about climate scolds’ latest dubious pronouncement. PERHAPS you saw the story ping-ponging around the Internet in August: Climate-change activists want to ban dogs and…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on one former lawmaker’s argument that North Carolina’s plastic bag ban on the Outer Banks is likely unconstitutional. John Hood’s Daily Journal emphasizes…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online about criticism of N.C. State University’s Clean Energy Technology Center. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal offers a to-do list for the N.C. General Assembly.
Panning corporate welfare for coal
Michael Tanner‘s latest National Review Online column explains why policymakers should reject a plan to subsidize the coal industry. The latest outrageous example of corporate welfare comes from West Virginia,…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the state Energy Policy Council’s mixed reaction to recent changes in state energy law. Roy Cordato’s Daily Journal challenges the claim that…