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We have all seen the scenes of utter devastation after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Yet most county boards of elections were up and running within a few days,…
Last week in The Carolina Journal, I discussed an emerging ecological disaster with ramifications for North Carolina. Policymakers should heed the warning. On July 13, a single blade broke on…
Bjorn Lomborg writes at National Review Online about facts that contradict popular gloom-and-doom narratives involving the climate. The global discussion about climate change has become quite hysterical. Some 60 percent…
That’s the title of a study that appeared last month in the The European Physical Journal Plus, and the findings don’t fit the the climate catastrophe narrative From the Abstract:…
Earth and atmospheric sciences professor Judith Curry urges National Review Online readers to be wary of claims involving climate change and hurricanes. In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic impacts…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on Gov. Roy Cooper’s request that lawmakers fund a $750 million “down payment” on hurricane relief. John Trump’s Daily Journal explains why riders’…
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller tackles the notion that global warming played an important role in producing Hurricane Florence. Even before Hurricane Florence barreled into the North Carolina coast,…
Under the headline, “Man plans to ride out Hurricane Florence on his boat,” the Greenville News reported yesterday: Rolling up some plastic windows on his 46-foot cabin cruiser Wednesday, Masten…
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on Gov. Roy Cooper’s tour this week highlighting hurricane recovery efforts. John Hood’s Daily Journal compares economic growth rates in Raleigh, Charlotte, and…
There are may reasons to hope that North Carolina is spared from a major hurricane this year. Eric Boehm of Reason.com explains one reason linked to a Trump administration policy.…
In an article on why there have been so few big hurricanes in recent years.
Started my week with a Susan Ladd N&R column saying “we” need to turn up the heat on climate change deniers: Remember that kid in third grade who blocked out…