Investigators hired by the General Assembly concluded that Gov. Roy Cooper used the power of his office to pressure developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline into creating a $57.8-million discretionary fund as a condition of getting an environmental permit for the pipeline.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 9:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On November 20, investigators hired by the North Carolina General Assembly testified Gov. Roy Cooper had “improperly used the authority and influence of his office” to pressure Duke Energy for concessions as it sought permits for a natural-gas pipeline.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 4:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A legislative investigation into the permit process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a sham, say representatives of Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 10:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators looking into how Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration handled an environmental permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have asked Cooper and three of his top staffers to testify in Raleigh at a legislative committee meeting Friday, Nov. 8.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If all the solar panels from industrial-scale electric plants in North Carolina were laid end to end, they would stretch from Raleigh to San Francisco and back nearly four times.
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2019 @ 1:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors' group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking action comparable to extortion
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More details have emerged regarding the shady nature of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Deal.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 2:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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The sun keeps shining on North Carolina's renewable energy investors - at taxpayers' expense
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 2:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nuclear power advocates are jumping on the climate change bandwagon. They are repackaging the industry as a clean energy alternative, and making a case for government subsidies
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 11:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Salisbury residents will vote Tuesday on whether to lease its city-owned broadband system to a private provider. Critics say it could be a case of making the best of a bad situation
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 1:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The exchange of letters between legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline continued Friday as lawmakers expressed exasperation with a response provided a day earlier by the governor's chief of staff
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lee Lilley did little to assuage Republicans' concerns over a $57.8 million "voluntary" payment to Gov. Roy Cooper's office from companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper spent much of his first 13 months in office defending the venerated principle of separation of powers
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 8:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, said if the utility companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline voluntarily contributed $57.8 million to the state as Gov. Roy Cooper claims, they better not try to recoup the money through rate increases tied to construction costs
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The town of Hillsborough and Orange County have turned the holy grail of environmentalism into official public policy
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 589, passed earlier this year by the General Assembly, could put allies of North Carolina’s renewable energy industry somewhat at ease, said Randy Wheeless, a spokesman for Duke Energy, at a Nov. 1 meeting of renewable advocates
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 3:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition opposed to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don't
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is bigger and more expensive than it needs to be, thanks to an economic concept called the "special interest effect."
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Trump administration opts out of the Paris climate change agreement, North Carolina will opt in, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Chris Millis says the renewable energy industry hoodwinked North Carolina about the costs of giving special deals to renewable producers, which exploded from an initial projection of less than $5 million to $1.6 billion in payouts through 2016
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 5:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has no plan for disposing of millions of tons of material from solar installations dotting the state
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consumers are paying a lot more than they realize to prop up the renewable energy industry in North Carolina, even though a section of their bills supposedly lists the cost
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When a person decides to purchase life insurance they are asked about their health status and history and are, in part, charged a premium based on their answers to those questions
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Nash County Republican sat through two legislative meetings in two weeks hearing Duke Energy officials describe subsidies and carve-outs handed over to the solar energy industry at taxpayer expense
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an "outsider" executive to give up power voluntarily
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the Tar Heel State, government mandates require that 12.5 percent of electricity must come from wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy by 2021.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Republican-led General Assembly in the just-ended 2016 short session maintained spending restraint, created and enlarged fiscal safeguards in case of an economic downturn, granted more income tax relief
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Destroying property and taking things from people doesn't grow the economy. Sounds rather obvious? That's why lobbyists come armed with "economic impact" studies.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 1,400-acre Greensboro-Randolph Megasite appears to be several years away from being a suitable location for the automotive plant or other large manufacturing facility it was designed to attract, based on conversations with government, business, and community officials
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two leading legislative critics of tax incentives to the renewable energy industry have not taken issue with an unusual new program used by Duke Energy Progress allowing high-consumption electricity customers using traditional energy to claim their plants are powered by renewable sources
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 28 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's federal power plan while a legal challenge makes its way through the lower courts.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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