Environmentalists were stunned today by reports that CO2 emissions in the United States have plummeted to a 20 year low. Green activists must have been scratching their heads at this news. But we left the Kyoto Treaty! We didn’t pass the expensive and draconian Cap and Tax Bill! How could this be? And who can blame them for their confusion? [...]
EPA tells the truth about fracking
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cleared the air, once and for all, about the anti-fracking crusade in Pennsylvania. Their findings show that the contamination found in drinking water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania was not caused by the extraction of shale gas near wells. The earlier accusations by environmentalist groups were based on pure [...]
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 [...]
Just in the nick of time
On the eve of the biennial session adjournment, the House held a successful vote to override the Governor’s all-too-familiar veto; this time on hydraulic fracturing legislation. This long-awaited bill, SB 820, passed through the General Assembly with bi-partisan support in order to bring strong, energy-focused legislation to the people of North Carolina. During this hallmark [...]
Three Vetoes, Three Overrides
Late last night (and into this morning), state lawmakers were able to complete a hat trick of veto overrides. Following the successful override of Perdue’s veto of a bill limiting the Racial Justice Act, the legislature was able to override the state budget and hydraulic fracturing vetoes. As the N&O reports, however, the override vote [...]
