Democrats pushing offshore wind are a theat to NC beaches as well
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 @ 2:58 pm
By: John Steed
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a lesson for North Carolina and its Green New Deal, HB 951
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Steed
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Over the last few months, roughly two dozen whale corpses have washed up on the Atlantic Coast of the United States.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 12:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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do the climate alarmists consider killing whales to be environmentally sound?
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2023 @ 7:55 pm
By: John Steed
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Coal wins over wind
Published: Saturday, October 29th, 2022 @ 6:54 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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blasts prime minister's energy policy
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Steed
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Sen. Harry Brown, R-Onslow, is convinced large wind energy projects, such as the Amazon Wind Farm near Elizabeth City, hinder the military’s ability to conduct low-level flight training missions in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study from the U.S. Navy says expanding the Amazon Wind Farm site near Elizabeth City, as the operator planned to do, may cause interference with the Navy's radar-tracking facility in southern Virginia
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After operating a little more than a year, the Amazon Wind Farm, North Carolina's only large-scale wind energy project, continues to cause concerns
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An amended energy bill is putting supporters of renewable energy at odds with a state Senate leader concerned about the effect of wind farms on military bases
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The controversy over the possible impact of wind energy turbines on military base operations has not blown over, even though none of the relevant bills met the April 27 legislative crossover deadline
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wind-energy developers routinely deceive the public, a longtime critic of the industry told Carolina Journal. And the sales pitch surrounding the Amazon Wind Farm near Elizabeth City continues spreading those deceptions
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 4:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The facility now known as the Amazon Wind Farm was approved by state regulators after they were told it would provide part of the electric power necessary for the state to satisfy renewable energy mandates passed in 2007 by the General Assembly
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2017 @ 4:17 pm
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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North Carolina's legislative leaders want the incoming Trump administration to consider shutting down the $400 million, 104-turbine Amazon Wind Farm project under construction near Elizabeth City because, they say, the massive turbines would interfere with a nearby radar facility run by the military
Published: Thursday, January 19th, 2017 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This morning, the Editorial Board of the News & Observer condemned a lawsuit brought by the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) on behalf of two individuals as “suspicious” and nothing more than “political interference.”
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 1:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Despite earlier claims by Iberdrola Renewables officials that the $400 million, 300-megawatt Amazon Wind Farm that will cover 22 acres near Elizabeth City would be built totally from company funds, another Iberdrola official says the project requires some tax incentives to be viable economically.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite initial concerns by the U.S. Navy that a massive wind farm near Elizabeth City will disrupt a sophisticated radar station located near the Virginia-North Carolina border, the $400 million project will proceed, and the Navy will have no recourse even if radar performance is disrupted.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 3:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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I wrote an article during March of this year about how the military is trying to obtain air rights over several counties in eastern North Carolina using subtle deception.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Last week representatives from Beaufort County including Commissioners Ed Booth, and Hood Richardson, County Manager Randell Woodruff, Lobbyist/Consultant Joe McClees met with Mr. Frank DiGiovanni of the Department of Defense Clearinghouse in Washington, DC.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The News and Observer is reporting that the Chivcago based Invergy is shelving the Pantego Wind Farm scheduled to begin later this year.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's newly sworn-in governor, Pat McCrory recently visted eastern North Carolina and met with representative from many locat governments at the Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina's former center of government in colonial America.
Published: Thursday, January 10th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Wind projects on the North Carolina coast are meeting resistance from three fronts: concerns over bird kills, worries about military training, and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's opposition to favorable tax treatment for specific industries.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County's Commissioners heard from the public mostly on two separate issues: the proposed Martin Marietta mine and the proposed Invergy wind farm.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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