Although its language is still skeletal, the Energy Security Act would provide 24-hour security systems at power substations “against vandalism” and other security threats.
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
Posted inNews
Durham City Council Rejects Huge Housing Development Proposal in Falls Lake Watershed
Competing concerns over Triangle’s housing shortage and fragile environment fuel 4-2 vote.
Posted inNews
NC Utilities Commission Approved a New Carbon Plan, Advocates Are Underwhelmed
Many clean energy and environmental advocates quickly decried the plan as deferential to Duke Energy.
Posted inNews
Several Crises, Malfunctions at Duke Energy Led to Rolling Blackouts on Christmas Eve
This is what Duke Energy officials told state regulators Tuesday, 10 days after rolling blackouts left some 500,000 people without power in frigid temperatures.
Posted inNews
Destruction of Moore County Substations Carry Steep Penalties, Especially If Linked to Domestic Terrorism
On Saturday evening, Moore County law enforcement responded to calls that the substations had been heavily damaged by multiple rounds of gunfire, and power had gone out through most of the area.
Posted inUncategorized
Hearing Over Denial of Wake Stone’s Mining Permit Reveals Fissures Within DEQ
For the state’s Division of Energy, Minerals and Land Resources to deny a mining permit application was nearly unheard of.
Posted inUncategorized
DEQ Denies Mining Permit for Quarry Next to Umstead State Park
The proposed quarry has been contentious since 2019. Quarry opponents unsuccessfully fought the lease’s legality in court, but have relentlessly pressured state officials to reject the mining permit.
Posted inUncategorized
Greenville Greenlights Cryptomining Facilities, Energy Gluttons and Contributors to Climate Change
A tweak to the zoning ordinance was the final step to closing the deal.
Posted inUncategorized
GOP Sens. Newton, Sawyer, McInnis Lambast Gov. Cooper’s Clean Energy Order
The lawmakers sent a letter with questions regarding carbon emissions, affordability, and transportation and reiterating Republican lawmakers’ support of natural gas and nuclear energy over renewables as a way to reduce carbon emissions.
Posted inUncategorized
State Fair Cited for Environmental Violations Related to Controversial Parking Lot
A November letter addressed to David Smith, deputy agriculture commissioner, from the NC Department of Environmental Quality described how inspectors found 10 feet of an unnamed stream had been illegally filled with dirt and rock.