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August 13, 2025

environment

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Senate approves Regan for EPA administrator

March 10, 2021 Matt Mercer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a 66-34 vote. Regan, who has served as NC DEQ’s […]

Article

MITCHELL: What do the world’s scientists actually believe about global warming?

January 26, 2021 Guy Mitchell

In a previous article, I exposed the origins of the oft-repeated but untruthful claim that “97% of the world’s scientists believe that man has caused global warming.” This claim was first put forward in an […]

Business

Environmental groups sue TVA over long-term power agreements

August 21, 2020 Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Environmental groups are suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over long-term partnership agreements signed by local power companies that receive electricity generated by the nation’s largest public utility. A lawsuit filed in Memphis […]

Business

Who’s greener? Mine fight pits electric cars against flower

March 7, 2020 Scott Sonner, Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — The rare Tiehm’s buckwheat stands less than a foot tall in Nevada’s rocky high desert, its thin, leafless stems adorned with tiny yellow flowers in spring. To the Australian company that wants […]

Opinion

WILLIAMS: Idiotic environmental predictions

October 9, 2019 Walter Williams

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has published a new paper, “Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions.” Keep in mind that many of the grossly wrong environmentalist predictions were made by respected scientists and government […]

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Environmental groups win concessions on Raleigh Outer Loop

August 28, 2019 Dan Way

RALEIGH — Environmental groups agreed to a $45 million legal settlement that clears the way to finish the Raleigh Outer Loop, but not before muscling state transportation officials into a pair of statewide climate change […]

Opinion

MATTHEWS: NY Mocks NC’s Priorities But They Should Really Reexamine Their Own

April 3, 2019 Stacey Matthews

Did you hear the news? On Sunday, New York state passed a budget deal that includes a ban on single-use plastic bags across the state. Cities and counties will have the option of using paper […]

News

Explorers to send 1st live video broadcast from ocean depths

March 9, 2019 admin

ALPHONSE ATOLL, Seychelles — Explorers are set to deliver the first live video broadcast from deep below an ocean’s surface. Early next week, a submersible is expected to dive to 300 meters (nearly 1,000 feet) […]

Opinion

TUCKER: Common Sense and Global Warming

February 6, 2019 Garland S. Tucker III

When the new darling of the left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, charges, “The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change,” most Americans wonder what to think. The following points from a fellow […]

Opinion

VAN DER VAART: Rejecting fossil fuels comes at high cost

January 9, 2019 admin

We hear people say we should combat global warming, but it may not always be clear what that really means — even to the people urging us to join the cause. Recent events in our […]

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