Roy Cooper's Purple-State Playbook: Boring, Normal, and Surprisingly Effective
Roy Cooper's "boring" campaign is winning in purple North Carolina, proving that sometimes the most radical thing a politician can do is be steady and, you know, normal.
Roy Cooper's "boring" campaign is winning in purple North Carolina, proving that sometimes the most radical thing a politician can do is be steady and, you know, normal.
Grist
North Carolina is deploying solar microgrids called 'bees' to keep community hubs buzzing after disasters, because generator fuel is so 2023.
Grist
Enviva's wood pellet facility in North Carolina promised jobs but delivered dust, noise, and pollution - while burning pellets emits more carbon than coal. Surprise!
Inside Climate News
North Carolina sues chemical company Brenntag for decades of toxic discharges into a Durham creek, with contamination levels up to 30 times the legal limit - and a side of 'mucilaginous goo.'
Inside Climate News
North Carolina's Ratepayer Protection Act is a legislative two-for-one: protecting ratepayers from data center gluttony while letting Duke Energy off the fossil-fuel leash.
Inside Climate News
North Carolina's Ratepayer Protection Act tries to protect residents from data center excess while simultaneously giving Duke Energy a green light to keep burning fossil fuels, because why solve one problem when you can create another?
Inside Climate News
A Canadian energy company wants to run a gas pipeline through the land of a couple who are literally carbon-negative. They are not amused.
Pitchfork
Former cop allegedly planned a mass shooting at Jazz Fest, arrested with gun and 200 rounds; family had reported threats against Black people.
The Good Times
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