Meech Carter with the NC League of Conservation Voters on rising energy costs and data centers

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 300

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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If there’s a most egregious disconnect right now between state and national policy and what reams of scientific evidence and countless common-sense observations tell us about the world around us, it’s clearly in the realm of environmental protection and, in particular, climate change. As has been repeatedly and thoroughly documented, our planet currently faces an existential crisis that demands an urgent, all-hands-on-deck response from government at all levels, the private and nonprofit sectors, …

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