Environment & Energy Archives

  1. Aug
    17

    Free Market Lowering US CO2 Emissions

    Posted in Environment & Energy By Clark Riemer | Tagged , , ,

    Environmentalists were stunned today by reports that CO2 emissions in the United States have plummeted to a 20 year low. Green activists must have been scratching their heads at this news. But we left the Kyoto Treaty! We didn’t pass the expensive and draconian Cap and Tax Bill!  How could this be? And who can blame them for their confusion? [...]

  2. Aug
    07

    Do You Have Problems in Life? Blame Global Warming

    Posted in Budget & Taxes, Economics, Environment & Energy By Scott Blakeman | Tagged , , , , ,

    Guess what? The radical environmentalists and die-hard man-made global warming advocates are back with a new study (Climate King, Al Gore, just did a happy dance)! A recent AP story distributed by WRAL caught my attention and stirred emotions within me. It made me laugh, cringe, and my blood-pressure was most likely elevated after reading [...]

  3. Jul
    30

    EPA tells the truth about fracking

    Posted in Environment & Energy By Mark Coggins | Tagged , , , , , , , ,

    Last Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cleared the air, once and for all, about the anti-fracking crusade in Pennsylvania.  Their findings show that the contamination found in drinking water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania was not caused by the extraction of shale gas near wells. The earlier accusations by environmentalist groups were based on pure [...]

  4. Jul
    19

    Ousted Duke Energy CEO Refutes Successor’s Claims

    Posted in Economics, Environment & Energy By Matt Willoughby | Tagged , ,

    (RALEIGH) – The man ousted as CEO of Duke Energy right after a merger with Progress Energy got a chance to answer the charges of the man who took his place in a surprise move that prompted a Utilities Commission probe. Click on the video report…  

  5. Jul
    13

    Duke Energy Scandal May Bog Down NC Dems

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Environment & Energy, Politicians & Politicking By Jim Tynen | Tagged , , , ,

    Group notes this: “The scandal surrounding Duke Energy in the wake of the abrupt departure of incoming CEO Bill Johnson shows no signs of going away any time soon — and that could spell trouble for Democrats, who have tied their political fortunes to once-and-again Duke CEO Jim Rogers in advance of the party’s upcoming [...]