In his speech last night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, President Obama emphasized “the basic bargain at the heart of America’s story: the promise that hard work will pay off; that responsibility will be rewarded; that everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same [...]
Perdue Fracking Veto: Are Liberals Willing to Destroy a Booming Industry?
A video commentary from the Wall Street Journal looks at liberals’ obsession with fracking. One note: the commentators don’t make it plain that Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of a fracking bill was overridden. The drive to block fracking should appall real liberals who care about working people. These are jobs for skilled people who aren’t [...]
Fracking Moves Forward
North Carolina moved one step closer to legalizing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) today when the Senate passed SB 820 and passed it along to the House. The bill would revive an old mining commission to propose laws to safely allow drilling in the state, which would then be brought before the General Assembly for final approval [...]
Legislators Voice Concern Over Shale Gas Rules Study
A state Senate committee on energy issues began its own study of how to expand energy exploration in North Carolina. The General Assembly passed a bill to authorize a study of such an expansion but the Governor vetoed it. A study was ordered by the Perdue administration on the extraction of natural gas from a [...]
State Lawmaker Saw First Hand that Inland Natural Gas Drilling is a Job Creator
State Representative Mike Hager (R-Rutherford) had just returned from a trip to Pennsylvania for a tour of the exploration for natural gas with hydraulic fracturing of shale called “fracking.” He told a legislative committee he was pleased by what he saw and how the company was handling environmental impact. But most of all Hager said [...]
