Exxon officials admit need for climate change action…just not by them
The latest outrage in the climate change wars comes, not surprisingly and appropriately enough, from Exxon. Think Progress has this story entitled “Exxon is behind the landmark climate report you...
View ArticleEditorial decries fracking bill, highlights opposition of GOP lawmaker/engineer
The editorial page of the Wilmington Star-News joins the long and growing list of opponents to the fast-track fracking bill approved by the General Assembly last week. Among other things, the paper...
View ArticleExpert: Fracking in NC likely to produce little gas, lots of destruction
If you want to understand why the potential for fracking to be a success in North Carolina (either for our economy or our environment) is very, very small, be sure to check out Professor Rob Jackson’s...
View ArticleToday’s LOL, right-wing fracking propaganda
The folks in the right-wing think tanks seem to be getting less and less circumspect when it comes to blatantly repackaging the propaganda and poll-tested talking points of polluters and other...
View ArticleThe best editorial of the weekend
This weekend’s top North Carolina editorial comes from the Greensboro News & Record. The subject: the Trump administration’s dreadful plan to introduce offshore oil and gas drilling off the fragile...
View ArticleCooper rightfully blasts Trump’s “ransom” proposal on offshore oil and gas...
In case you missed it amongst all of the hubbub and chaos at the General Assembly this week, Gov. Roy Cooper issued strong statement of opposition yesterday in response to the Trump administration’s...
View ArticleNew “must read’ report confirms once again that offshore drilling is not for NC
In case you missed it, a new report released earlier this week by the good people at Environment North Carolina confirms once again the utter folly of the Trump administration’s plan to bring offshore...
View ArticleNo Rate Hike, Drill is Chilled, Sulfur Plant on the Run
Amid the grim financial outlook of our country and the dog days of summer hanging on, you might not have noticed some recent good news out there. Here’s three pieces of news that show the power of...
View ArticleExperts: NC not ready for fracking
The newly released 80 page report from the experts at nonprofit group State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations makes it clear: North Carolina needs a more robust regulatory...
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Conservative Republican legislator/geologist explains a huge problem with...
Reporter John Murawski has a fascinating story in the morning’s edition of Raleigh’s News & Observer in which he explains one of the enormous and unsolved problems with fracking: What to do with...
View ArticleExxon officials admit need for climate change action…just not by them
The latest outrage in the climate change wars comes, not surprisingly and appropriately enough, from Exxon. Think Progress has this story entitled “Exxon is behind the landmark climate report you...
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Editorial decries fracking bill, highlights opposition of GOP lawmaker/engineer
The editorial page of the Wilmington Star-News joins the long and growing list of opponents to the fast-track fracking bill approved by the General Assembly last week. Among other things, the paper...
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Expert: Fracking in NC likely to produce little gas, lots of destruction
If you want to understand why the potential for fracking to be a success in North Carolina (either for our economy or our environment) is very, very small, be sure to check out Professor Rob Jackson’s...
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Today’s LOL, right-wing fracking propaganda
The folks in the right-wing think tanks seem to be getting less and less circumspect when it comes to blatantly repackaging the propaganda and poll-tested talking points of polluters and other...
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Cherokees join growing list of governments to ban fracking
North Carolina’s conservative state political leadership may want to usher the controversial oil and gas drilling process known as fracking into the state, but local officials and jurisdictions who...
View ArticleOil and gas industry meets with its P.R. staff (i.e. DENR, the Guv)
The post-2014 election era in North Carolina government is not off to a terribly encouraging start. As Tyler Dukes and Cullen Browder of WRAL.com reported yesterday: Gov. Pat McCrory told a gathering...
View ArticleSelling off our coast to oil and gas companies? Editorial blasts McCrory...
This morning’s Winston-Salem Journal is on the mark in decrying the McCrory administration’s inexcusable and all-too-predictable secrecy in discussions surrounding oil and gas development along the...
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The lowdown on NC’s new fracking rules
As you may have heard, North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission held the last in a series of meetings last Friday during which they considered public feedback on the draft fracking rules. Despite...
View ArticleTwo “must reads” today on NCPolicyWatch.com: Fracking rules and prayer in a...
There are two excellent reads over on the main Policy Watch site today that you should check out if you haven’t already. #1 is this excellent and sobering analysis of North Carolina’s new fracking...
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Advocates: Fracking won’t start in North Carolina without a fight
On the day it has become legal under state law to apply for a fracking permit in North Carolina, advocates at Environment North Carolina joined with a group of state lawmakers at the Legislative...
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