Misconceptions about the effect of environmental regulations on the economy and jobs are complicating federal efforts to create sound environmental policies, according to panelists at the 38th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy. Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, was among the speakers.
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An editorial written by Winston-Salem Journal staff discusses recent news that a rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission was withdrawn at the request of Halliburton. Amy Pickle, director of the Nicholas Institute's State Policy Program, has a cooment featured in the piece.
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Members of a panel drafting guidelines to regulate fracking in North Carolina said they need more time before they vote on their first rule. The Mining and Energy Commission plans to revise a rule that would require fracking companies to publicly disclose some of the chemicals they use. Amy Pickle, director of the State Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Mining and Energy Commission member, comments in this News 14 story.
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A new rule set for approval by the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission requiring some disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing has been withdrawn at the request of industry giant Halliburton. Amy pickle, director of the State Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute, comments.
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Southern Farm Network features a study by the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions that looks at how to meet North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) mandate for swine
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A study released last week says capturing methane gas from hog farms and routing it through natural gas pipelines could cut production costs, WUNC reports.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Capturing methane gas from hog farms and piping it into existing natural gas pipelines may be a cost-effective way to meet North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), according to a new Duke University study.
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The Nicholas Institute's Amy Pickle was among a group of experts that recently visited the N.C. State campus to discuss the economic, legal and societal implications of hydraulic fracturing, colloquially known as fracking.
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Stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations could steer the energy market away from coal, according to a recent Duke study. The Chronicle features the study findings with comments from Nicholas Institute Faculty Fellow Billy Pizer.
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ClimateWire discusses the results of a Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions working paper finding that there is a "pressing need" to control emissions from existing coal-fired power plants, considering that many of those plants will be running for decades.
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