Water easement bill builds bridges
North Carolina advances a bill to establish clear terms for water easements tied to coastal development. The measure would grant 50 year easements for public water use with renewals, fees offset by shoreline ownership, and require CAMA permits to safeguard environmental concerns.
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Oriental
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sun Journal
House Health and Environment Committee
Neuse
Weyerhaeuser
North Carolina Should Return to Court Over Lake Gaston Pipeline
Gov. Jim Hunt states North Carolina will pursue court action to challenge Virginia Beach’s 76 mile Lake Gaston water pipeline project. The plan would draw 60 million gallons daily from Lake Gaston, feeding the Roanoke River and northeastern North Carolina, after years of dispute and stalled ratification.
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Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Lake Gaston
Irginia Beach
Roanoke River
Virginia
Tobacco as Drug Fight Sparks State Reactions In North Carolina
North Carolina lawmakers and officials clash with federal FDA moves to label tobacco a drug. Gov. Hunt calls it a regulatory power grab risking farmers livelihoods, while advocates frame tobacco control as protecting public health. John Hood of the John Locke Foundation argues for consumer freedom amid rising regulation.
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Raleigh
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
FDA
David Kessler
U.S
Department of Health and Human Services
Kessler
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Duke University
Kip Viscusi
John Hood
The
John Locke Foundation
Remembering history while moving on from Vietnam
Paul Greenberg argues Americans should put the Vietnam war behind us yet remember its lessons and uphold liberty and human dignity. He cites senators such as Dale Bumpers and John McCain, discusses Nixon’s opening to China, and warns against forgetting Hue and the reeducation camps.
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Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
U.S. Senate
Tonkin
United States
Southeast Asia
George Santayana
Hanoi
Havana
Cambodia
Hue
East Asia
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Paul Greenberg
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Richard Nixon
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Harry Wu
Beijing
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John McCain
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