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 [...]
FRACKING – are you scared yet?
Well there is no need to be scared. Fracking is the latest environmental scare the left has trotted out to stop efforts to tap American deposits of natural gas and oil. While Civitas has blogged on this before, The Wall Street Journal on June 25th had an excellent editorial on the subject. “The U.S. is [...]
