Most interesting High Point University/News & Record poll: A majority of North Carolinians generally favor the state setting the standard on a series of policy issues, including discrimination, minimum wage,…
I’m weird, but in an imperfect world I like the idea of having a district attorney who is feared; one feared so much, in fact, that crooks spread rumors about…
Why do bylaws exist? I think it is so when impish factions get a hankering, they can change them. The DENR appears to be systematically eliminating members of the Pigeon…
A great question posed on the website of the John William Pope Foundation: Can the free market solve environmental problems in the United States? Ask the average American on the street,…
Saith the Hendersonville Lightning: ECO, Environmental and Conservation Organization, will host a public forum on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 at the City Operations Center to focus on what it…
How many teachers would $16.2 million a year pay? More importantly, would children be able to learn if fishies got silted for want of man-controlled stream buffers? During its Dec.…
Some people believe that economic growth and environmental protection are conflicting goals for North Carolina. John Skvarla doesn’t buy that argument. Skvarla, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and…
The Polk County Commisioners failed to second Ray Gasperson’s motion to adopt a Steep Slope Ordinance. The ordinance was drafted to replace the Mountainside and Ridgeline Protection Ordinance. Tom Pack…
“It’s just not fair!” exclaimed Pete Trout. “Those humans evolved to the point of making factories that make those zooming vehicles, and then –” “And then they go push mud…
View in your browser. This weekly newsletter, focused on environmental issues, highlights relevant analysis done by the John Locke Foundation and other think tanks, as well as items in the…
I’d like to challenge the environmental groups and institution listed below to provide a simple piece of information. Choose whatever cap and trade proposal, set of EPA regulations, or UN…
…you think that protecting the environment is too important to allow government to invoke cost/benefit analysis in determining whether to pursue new regulations. On the other hand you think that…