A government body can't block the media from reporting on one of its public meetings because its leader doesn't like the coverage he thinks it will get.
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The chairman of the N.C. Military Affairs Commission refused to allow a presentation at an open committee meeting Tuesday because a Carolina Journal reporter was in attendance
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A meeting was held in Edenton on Nov 22 in order that local citizens will understand the benefits, or detriments, to the community regarding wind farms.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Woodard
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At last night's Commissioner meeting, the first-order business was the swearing-in of reelected commissioners, Joe Winslow of the Providence District, Cecil Perry of the Southern Inside District and Dr William Sterritt, at Large.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 7:51 am
By: John Woodard
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As we move towards a critical November election in the US, you should look for an opportunity to communicate with your local House or Senate candidate.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Talk about split personalities, undefined goals, and confusing the information. You may be surprised to know what the real motives are behind the players. What looks like a mermaid is really an octopus.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 10:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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This is rather disturbing since the US Power Grid has been called the most significant engineering accomplishment of our time!
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2014 @ 10:40 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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There have been some extremely interesting recent developments regarding writing local wind energy laws — so I decided to write up a brief layperson's summary document about what's going on.
Published: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 @ 4:57 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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A leading opponent of building a major wind energy facility in Carteret County says it was a tourism-depressing, jobs-killing project that was defeated in spite of, not because of, a state law passed last year to regulate environmental impacts and avoid adverse health effects of...
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the Mill Pond project was first publicly announced in October, our number one objective was to see that the two affected communities had laws providing adequate protections to citizens, local businesses, the military, and the environment.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 9:32 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Several people have asked me where things stand regarding the wind energy matter in Carteret County and Newport, and what do we do next.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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It became official today that Torch Energy threw in the towel regarding the proposed Mill Pond wind project!
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Some were concerned about how many people would show up on a poor weather night, in the holiday season, with the flu being prevalent. The answer: the Civic Center was jam packed.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 6:57 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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I hope that you and your family are enjoying the holiday season, and will have a healthy, prosperous New Year.
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 10:20 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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As you know, this is an issue of not only statewide importance, but it is particularly significant to NC coastal taxpayers, ratepayers, businesses, environment, and the military.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carteret County Commissioners meeting today regarding the Mill Pond project, was an eclectic affair. This is the best of my recollection as to a summary of what transpired.
Published: Sunday, December 15th, 2013 @ 9:40 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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I have just been notified that the Carteret County Commissioners will have a special meeting this week, about making improvements to their Tall Structure Ordinance.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Sorry to have to send out another Mill Pond update already, but there is a major development that you should be aware of.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday the second Mill Pond educational forum was held (at the Hilton DoubleTree hotel, Atlantic Beach).
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 10:08 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Despite the inclement weather, last night's wind energy community forum in Newport was standing room only.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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As you probably know, the proposed Mill Pond wind project is a highly technical matter that has generated a lot of good questions.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Since there is a LOT going on with the Newport wind project, it was suggested that everything be consolidated onto a webpage.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 5:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The latest Energy and Environmental Newsletter is now available online.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 7:38 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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What most civilians do not know, is that military personnel (including base commanders) have been specifically ordered not to speak out publicly against any wind energy projects.
Published: Saturday, November 16th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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This is in response to the Carteret News Times wind energy article appearing in the headlines of that paper today.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2013 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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The first line of defense against industrial wind energy, is a strong local wind ordinance. As such, we at AWED are frequently asked for assistance in writing an effective measure.
Published: Saturday, November 9th, 2013 @ 9:04 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Yesterday (11/5/13: in Wilmington) was the first "official" state meeting regarding the proposed Newport wind project.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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In 1651, Englishman Thomas Hobbes described the lives of men as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 @ 5:23 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As you know by now, our number one North Carolina energy/economics/environmental bill of the year is H298.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
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