VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper credited for leading an army of clean-energy companies coming to the state, is being criticized for polluting waterways near its $4 billion EV manufacturing plant in Chatham County.
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU engineering students help companies reduce waste through internship program
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 9:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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when will Beaufort County pass a solar farm ordinance with some teeth?
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2023 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Steed
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Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will clean up over 300 orphaned oil and gas well sites nationwide
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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hundreds of toxic used wind turbines blades abandoned at 3 Iowa sites
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Steed
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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 state Utility Commission will weigh whether the GenX compound that has polluted the Cape Fear River Basin could contaminate the Wilkinson Solar Plant in the Terra Ceia community of Beaufort County
Published: Saturday, May 26th, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What could possibly be more important than knowing that the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink is safe? Public safety is one of the major functions of government
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 11:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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N.C. senators plan to address Gov. Roy Cooper's handling of the GenX chemical controversy in an upcoming legislative hearing
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joining other Governors, Mayors, colleges and universities, and businesses, Governor Cooper declared that North Carolina will continue efforts to reduce pollution in support of the global Paris Agreement
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 10:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed House Bill 467 and signed into law Senate Bill 131.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2017 @ 3:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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After news reports and editorials inaccurately and unfairly characterized the state's efforts to protect drinking water, the North Carolina departments of Health and Human Services and Environmental Quality release the following open editorial
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 @ 6:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor McCrory is holding Duke Energy accountable and cleaning up coal ash ponds once and for all, Roy Cooper let this problem fester for more than 28 years during his career as a top lawmaker and as attorney general. Instead of ever addressing coal ash
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 5:03 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Economic Concept Of Crowding Out Explains How Government Money To Planned Parenthood Funds AbortionsRegardless of how one feels about abortion or Planned Parenthood generally, this article by Manhattan Institute economist Preston Cooper explains why it makes no sense to argue that government funding of Planned Parenthood is not subsidizing abortions. Cooper invokes the economic concept of...
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those who follow debate about global warming and its cousin, climate change, have heard and read high-profile arguments about the danger caused by increased emissions of carbon dioxide. Dr. William Happer, professor of physics at Princeton University, holds a different view. Happer addressed the...
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the argument from global warming alarmists stems from the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant that harms the planet. That argument is based on a myth, according to Princeton University physics professor William Happer.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at a sound-side site in Beaufort County.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 4:46 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing...
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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