Prior to April 2019, Duke Energy had agreed with the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to close and excavate all but nine of its 31 coal-ash basins.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 4:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump is modernizing environmental regulations to deliver infrastructure projects that will improve our communities.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Signed into law on January 1, 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires Federal agencies to consider and inform the public of the environmental effects of proposed major Federal actions.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2020 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump on America’s Environmental Leadership
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is pursuing effective policies to advance environmental protection while promoting economic growth.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Duke Energy intends to challenge a state Department of Environmental Quality order to excavate all its coal ash pits, saying it would impose undue financial harm.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 6:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The success of our Nation's agricultural sector has fed the world and enabled generations of Americans to prosper.
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 @ 11:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) urged the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that could lead to changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury Rule.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"With the stresses of aging infrastructure and recent proof that storms can devastate water infrastructure, we must provide utilities with funding to strengthen water and sewer systems,"
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 @ 10:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Saturday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the Fresh Face™ of the Democratic Party, found herself on the wrong end of a rather damning expose from The New York Post.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 1:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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As the specifics (and many of the absurd objectives) of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal (GND) have come to light, the common refrain from Democrats who support it is that the plan is "aspirational."
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) within one year of enactment declare per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser approved a consent order Monday holding the Chemours chemical manufacturer accountable for release of GenX and other PFAS emerging contaminants which have polluted the Cape Fear River Basin and surrounding groundwater.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, officials from the White House, Department of Transportation, and Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Trump Administration has decided to discontinue discussions with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding the proposed Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S Environmental Protection Agency must move faster to help states like North Carolina dealing with unregulated chemicals that are causing serious concerns about drinking water, Governor Roy Cooper said today.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 8:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper's administration could risk violating a state law protecting whistleblowers if it has threatened retribution against employees who want to cooperate with a legislative probe of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The structure of the deal seems designed to skirt the constitutional requirement for the General Assembly to approve the raising and spending of funds.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As families button up their homes to guard against winter's chill it is an ideal time to make plans to test for radon, the odorless, colorless gas that is our nation's second leading cause of lung cancer.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Quoting a Dr. Seuss character, a panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges vacated a vital U.S. Forest Service permit developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline need to continue work on the 604-mile natural gas transmission line from West Virginia to North Carolina
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 2:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who is Doug Heyl? Members of a special legislative committee looking into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would like to know. Heyl is a top communications official in the state Department of Environmental Quality
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 4:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Possible GenX contamination in municipal water supplies is a reason cash-strapped municipalities have discussed merging public works systems with larger cities and counties
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 2:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek's listing of programs being offered from November 10 - January 1
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 9:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A legislative panel is hiring a special outside investigator to get answers from Gov. Roy Cooper about his creation of a $57.8 million discretionary fund tied to payments from Atlantic Coast Pipeline partners
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million "slush fund" paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did state approval of the North Carolina segment of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline depend on Gov. Roy Cooper's administration securing a $57.8-million discretionary "mitigation fund" with the pipeline operators
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From the time it was announced in January, the agreement between Gov. Roy Cooper and the companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline invited questions about its constitutionality, legality, and practicality
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wall Street Journal warns of a troubling new scheme. It gives privately funded environmental litigator/activists (who are unaccountable to the people) state police power
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal sewage systems jettisoned tens of millions of gallons of untreated human waste into Hurricane Florence floodwaters, dwarfing the hog manure lagoon discharges state and national media cited as public health and environmental hazards
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It should be pretty clear that carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon are not the same things
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although top national environmental regulators confirmed GenX and related chemical compounds are used to produce solar panel components, they say their research does not prioritize what risks that might pose to the environment and human health
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're going to run government smoothly, efficiently, and on behalf of the very hardworking taxpayers.
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 7:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We're working on CAFE standards, environmental controls. We're working on how to build more cars in the United States.
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 6:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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