North Carolina electricity customers will pay more than $3.2 billion for air-quality regulations that offer no proof of benefits. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar, draws attention to the costs and benefits of the state’s Clean Smokestacks Bill in his latest Spotlight report. Coverage of Cordato’s report in the Charlotte Observer and News & Observer attracted notice from the Carolina Talk Network, WorldNews.com, and iStockAnalyst.com. Cordato discussed his findings with Tara Servatius on WBT Radio and with Bill LuMaye on WPTF Radio. The radio N.C. News Network picked up the story as well, along with the Beaufort Observer, Mountain Xpress, the Heritage Foundation’s Insider Online, and Creative Loafing‘s “CLog” blog. Speaking of Cordato, he also contributed expertise to a Fayetteville Observer article about a dispute involving business privilege licenses.