After the historic storm in February, many legislators blamed renewable energy, wind and solar projects. Though investigations have found the grid failure was caused by power companies failing to address weatherization of their equipment, that hasnât stopped lawmakers from trying to get rid of green energy incentives.
Rep. Jeff Cason, R-Bedford, filed House Bill 2084 to roll back the Chapter 313 program in the state. The program alters the tax code to make renewable energy providers ineligible for tax abatements. School districts can offer large tax breaks to solar or wind farms for up to 10 years, and many school districts in Lamar and Red River counties have offered those breaks to solar farms, like Invenergy with its Samson and Delilah farms, and Mockingbird Solar, among others.
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - French stocks were flat to slightly higher on Tuesday after many European countries temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine following reports
By Elisabeth Thornton
Cabarrus Arts Council
North Carolina is brimming with soul and blues and bluegrass and gospel. It s fertile ground for all kinds of musical artists and producers who ve made it big â both in record sales and in contributions to their musical genres.
Most years, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame shines a spotlight on a new set of inductees âNorth Carolina s musical movers and shakers deserving of a red carpet celebration. But the COVID pandemic pressed pause on not only the festivities, but the NCMGF as well. It s had a big impact on us, said the organization s executive director, Veronica Cordle. We actually had to close the museum for about seven months.
OPINION We’re all familiar with Isaac Newton’s well-known law of physics that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Although specific to the science of physics, we can apply