Center for Food, Power, and Life
The Center for Food, Power, and Life aims to protect and expand freedom in the vital policy areas of agriculture, energy, and the environment, which we believe will enhance North Carolinians' lives by better access to food, power, and more of life's needs and wants.
How Much Does Offshore Wind Power Threaten Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales?
Since 2017, the population of North Atlantic Right Whales has declined by 30 percent. By allowing offshore wind energy development off the North Carolina coast, the federal government has pushed…
Freeing Lumber: How to Help North Carolina’s Sawmills and Housing Needs, Too
Sawmills have been decreasing in North Carolina for over a decade due to regulatory burdens and foreign competition. Housing continues to be an issue in the state with input costs…
No, We Didn’t Just See the Hottest World Temperatures in 125,000 Years
A headline of “BREAKING: Computer Model Produces Results As Designed” would not sound quite as horrifying as what credulous media treated us with last week. For example, WRAL, which is…
How MVP Permitting Approvals Can Help Bridge the Gap from Coal to Zero-Emissions Nuclear
The North Carolina Utilities Commission’s initial Carbon Plan would close over 9,000 MWs of coal-fired generation by 2035. Since North Carolina’s only interstate natural gas pipeline is fully subscribed and…
The Initial Carbon Plan: What Are Its Mandates, and Do They Align with State Law?
Note: This post is a compilation of the five-part series of research briefs on the initial Carbon Plan. They discussed the plan’s mandates for nuclear power and coal (Part 1),…
Government Affairs Update: Promote Clean Energy (S.B.678)
The North Carolina Senate recently passed Senate Bill 678: Promote Clean Energy, sponsored by Senators Paul Newton, Buck Newton, and David Craven. A commonsense and necessary piece of legislation that…
Outer Banks Residents Rightly Concerned about Spoiled Views from Offshore Wind
The Outer Banks Voice reported recently that construction will begin next year on the Kitty Hawk wind energy area. Outer Banks residents are properly concerned about spoiled views and other economic impacts…
Offshore Wind Turbines Severely Interfere with Marine Vessel Radar and Endanger Mariners
In 2022 a major report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine warned that enormous wind turbines severely affect the marine vessel radar (MVR) used for navigating waterways…
Offshore Wind Projects Off Brunswick County Beaches Also Imperil Military Training and Operations
Wind projects off Brunswick County beaches would also interfere with military training and operations, including airspace used daily by the 169th Fighter Wing out of South Carolina. The Wilmington East…
“Woke” Investing Hurts Small Farmers
In recent years, “wokeness” has invaded a place one would least expect it, the financial industry. There has been a rise in a type of investing known as ESG, which…
Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Area Red-Flagged by Pentagon
The Pentagon alerted the Biden administration that several offshore wind energy areas slated for development would severely conflict with military operations, facilities, and training. Among the worst ones highlighted is…
Farming Subsidies Disproportionately Hurt Small Farms
Farming subsidies have been a contentious issue in the agricultural industry for years. Although they were initially designed to support smaller farmers, they have ultimately ended up harming them. In…