We need more control of these things in Beaufort County
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 10:49 am
By: John Steed
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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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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called for lawmakers to take drastic action in favor of a renewable energy transition, including the seizure of private property to make more land available for solar and wind farms.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 5:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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people do not want these eyesores in their communities
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: John Steed
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Leif Le Mahieu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a recent controversy involving solar farms.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is an unfinished piece of business from Beaufort County's now expired wind and solar farm moratorium.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:00 am
By: Conservative Voter
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The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Meredith Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper’s sister-in-law, has been listed since April as manager of the company that owns the Cooper family’s Nash County solar farm property. That’s when Meredith filed an annual report with the N.C. Secretary of State.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As more and more rural communities push back against renewable energy developers and the encroachment of solar generating plants on open space, another fight gets far less attention
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 @ 5:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Utilities Commission approved a massive Beaufort County solar project in October after the developer relocated the portion of the project that would have surrounded the Terra Ceia Christian School
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will meet on September 19, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will hold a meeting from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday, September 11, 2017
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 10:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeanne Van Staalduinen teaches at Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three parties are claiming that energy from the 60 megawatt Summit Farms Solar project in Currituck County will offset a portion of their "carbon footprint": the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Medical Center, and the Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 2:19 am
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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State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, warns North Carolina "may be on the way to [becoming] the next Superfund site" because it lacks a closure plan for hundreds of millions of tons of solar farm materials containing hazardous substances when the solar facilities wear out.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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