View in your browser. A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop…
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled this afternoon against several environmental groups challenging the N.C. Environmental Management Commission’s 2012 ruling on coal ash lagoons. Writing for the court, Justice Sam…
The North Carolina General Assembly is not gone, they’re not forgotten and they still can’t get along. The House plans to reconvene on Thursday. Although they have not passed an…
View in your browser. Automobile emissions inspections have been in the news this week as the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) held a public hearing over eliminating inspections…
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 news. View in your…
View in your browser. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to force businesses to get permits to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The problem for the EPA,…
As North Carolina’s unemployment rate reaches levels we haven’t seen for a quarter century, government leaders are pushing policies that would make the economic situation worse. Joe Coletti explains in…
North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission decided this week to delay discussion of a proposal to institute the state’s first regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. That decision followed the release of…
Today’s Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Daren Bakst’s latest research into potential carbon dioxide regulation the Environmental Management Commission is considering. John Hood’s Daily Journal discusses the role of monetary…
In NC, who needs the legislature when you have the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)? DENR is asking the Environmental Management Commission (EMC), a state commission that adopts…
North Carolina may for the first time begin regulating emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), an invisible, odorless gas prevalent in almost every sector of the economy and also vital to…
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission should reject plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. It’s the wrong governing body, both legally and practically, to make “critical” decisions about regulating…