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Many were surprised to hear President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday on the resumption of building the border wall in South Texas — including Republican US Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 5:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s no-more-stringent law forbids state environmental agencies from imposing stricter environmental regulations than required by the federal government
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this week that the dire conditions on the U.S.-Mexico border allows the administration the legal right to waive dozens of laws and regulations in order to rapidly build sections of border wall
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 1:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Friday that Republicans had put forth proposals that would cause more children to develop asthma and “literally melt bones.”
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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would make it much easier to challenge bureaucratic regulations
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Steed
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EPA officials provided the state of California authority on Friday to phase out heavy duty trucks powered by gasoline over the next two decades.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 7:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Order will accelerate economic development and job creation in the quickly growing zero-emission vehicle sector, expand access to cleaner and more affordable vehicles and advance the state’s climate and environmental justice goals
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 9:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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My latest article for the American Institute for Economic Research finds a flicker of good news amid the blizzard of bad news that has marked the Biden years so far. That good news is the recent Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency:
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat 'green' spending bill comes with environmental costs
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:27 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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A progressive organization that backed President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election announced Monday the “# Don’tRunJoe” national campaign, which opposes his renomination in 2024.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 6:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Hemp stays legal in North Carolina with the passage of S.B. 455, Conform Hemp with Federal Law Wednesday in the Senate.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 2:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Biden administration is targeting the largest oil-producing area in the United States: the Permian basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 2:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in West Virginia v. The Environmental Protection Agency that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the constitutional authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 10:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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S.B. 762, the North Carolina Farm Act of 2022 conforms to federal law regarding hemp and takes it off the State Controlled Substances Act.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 9:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With a given law, sometimes clever hucksters, devious minds, and malicious enforcers and officials can twist “legal” implications out of it that clearly were never intended.
Published: Friday, March 4th, 2022 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous research brief, I wrote about how existing nuclear power plants produce “zero emissions while at the same time being the most reliable and lowest-cost source of electricity.”
Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Preserving and improving the quality of breathable air is the life work of Dr. R.K.M. Jayanty, adjunct professor of biological and agricultural engineering at N.C. State, who spoke at East Carolina University on Nov. 7.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 9:14 am
By: ECU News Services
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Gov. Roy Cooper issued several executive orders waiving enforcement of transportation-related regulations to help the agriculture industry prepare for Hurricane Florence
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 3:05 am
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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The House completed the snub of Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto with a 73-44 override vote, as a single Democrat, outgoing Wake County Rep. Duane Hall, joined a unified Republican caucus
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper took three strikes in Wake County Superior Court this week as judges ruled in favor of the General Assembly in a continuing battle over separation of powers
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, is worried $92 million from a national Volkswagen consent decree over Clean Air Act violations might get tangled up in another separation-of-powers showdown between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly
Published: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're ending intrusive EPA regulations that kill jobs, hurt family farmers and ranchers, and raise the price of energy so quickly and so substantially.
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolinians with ideas about how to use $92 million from a court settlement to improve North Carolina's air quality are encouraged to share their ideas as the State of North Carolina develops its plan
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 5:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Republican Patrick McHenry, North Carolina’s Representative from the 10th District in the U.S. House, credits a bill he introduced with causing the Environmental Protection Agency to back off plans to penalize racecar owners when they modify the emissions systems on their former street vehicles.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 5:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A proposed EPA rule, as part of regulation that would purport to control greenhouse gas emissions and impose fuel efficiency standards, could harm North Carolina's vibrant performance auto and racing industries, according to a group that represents such businesses nationwide
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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What is at stake in the states' dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Clean Power Plan" (CPP)? The U.S. Supreme Court just granted an emergency application from the states to stay the implementation of the CPP.
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Reducing carbon emissions (and thereby preventing catastrophic global warming) has always been one of President Obama's primary goals. In his 2008 victory speech he declared, "Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that ... this was the moment when the rise of...
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 3:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory said today the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new regulations on electric power plants will increase power bills for North Carolina consumers and threaten job creation while doing little to improve the state's air quality.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 11:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop a state implementation plan with pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Energy is necessary for just about everything we do. And when the cost of energy goes up, we pay more over and over and over. Residential customers pay more to keep the lights on and the refrigerator running. Business owners pay more to keep the lights on and the machines running. Consumers pay...
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What are Kay Hagan's positions on energy issues? It depends on the audience and whether or not it's an election year.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Christopher Maye
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