North Carolina Commerce Secretary — by the way, what would you say a commerce secretary does here? — John Skvarla spoke recently to WRAL on incentives for energy (see the…
State and local government planners employ a strategy known as demand-side management to manipulate people’s behavior. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar, discussed this…
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The Winston-Salem Journal editorializes on Fibrowatt’s failed bid to build a chicken s**t plant in Surry County: In two editorials on this page in 2008, we supported the plans of…
In response to Jenna’s post regarding UNC-Chapel Hill’s plan to end all coal use by 2020: 1) They are doing this so they can use a cleaner form of energy–their…
Sampson County commissioners love to give away incentives, according to this article: SALEMBURG ? With little discussion, the Sampson County Board of Commissioners have approved the option to purchase land…
As I wrote over at EnvironmentNC.com, Governor Easley signed the utility welfare bill into law (SB 3). Most people think of this as a renewable energy bill, but it does…
Geoff, Here is what I think people would say around manure burning….
Way back in September we wondered about those grand $1 billion biotech plans for the old Pillowtex site. The public price tag seemed high with no guarantee of success, and…
North Carolina can make money off its offal according to N.C. Environmental Defense and the group is doing its part to add to the biomass already created by Smithfield hog…