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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:15 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

Gov. Perdue has vetoed fracking...

Just got email from http://www.ncconservationnetwork.org/ saying Gov. Perdue has vetoed the fracking legislation the state's GOP tried to fast-track through - they don't appear to have the votes to override her veto. However, you can bet that fracking bills will be re-introduced every year at least until or unless one passes -- public health, environmental concerns and property owner rights be-damned. Profits of gas companies will take precedence over all else. That's GOP M.O.

That means us NC'linians will have to remain ever-involved and vigilant in calling/writing/pressuring against it if we want to keep fracking out of NC. And, for God's sake vote Dem every chance you get! (unless the Dem supports fracking of course - then vote for a different Dem!)

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gov. Perdue has vetoed fracking... (Original post)	ProfessionalLeftist	Jul 2012	OP
Congratulations!	BlueToTheBone	Jul 2012	#1
Congratulations!	patrice	Jul 2012	#2
We need to make	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#3
Some of the proposed drilling sites in NC are 15 miles from a nuclear power plant.	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#9
O_O	ProfessionalLeftist	Jul 2012	#10
HOORAH!!!! Good on the Governor!	mnhtnbb	Jul 2012	#4
Great to hear	klook	Jul 2012	#5
So excellent in a wasteland of rare good news. Here is how to thank her:	Mira	Jul 2012	#6
PA Gov kisses drilling company butt. They are even trying to drill in highly populated suburbs.	appleannie1	Jul 2012	#7
"Once again Gov. Perdue has vetoed North Carolina citizens out of good-paying energy jobs,"	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#8
Yea fracking in NC will give us "good paying energy jobs" just like...	ProfessionalLeftist	Jul 2012	#11
But people (well, some people) fall for it EVERY time.	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#12
Email your reps to ask them to keep NC frack-free:	ProfessionalLeftist	Jul 2012	#13
Thank God	Remember	Jul 2012	#14
“Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets”	ProfessionalLeftist	Jul 2012	#15

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:18 PM

BlueToTheBone (2,336 posts)

1. Congratulations!

How wonderful that you won't be poisoned this year!

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:18 PM

patrice (47,372 posts)

2. Congratulations!

Keep an eye out for private access to clean water businesses lobbying around Perdue.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:20 PM

Politicalboi (9,481 posts)

3. We need to make

Fracking illegal everywhere. Oil spills are bad enough, but fucking with drinking water is another thing.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 08:49 PM

WorseBeforeBetter (7,657 posts)

9. Some of the proposed drilling sites in NC are 15 miles from a nuclear power plant.

Last edited Sun Jul 1, 2012, 09:07 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Fracking sucks no matter how you slice it, but that aspect of it just boggles the mind.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 11:55 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

10. O_O

No amount of pollution or destruction is too much for oil/gas co PROFIT, is it?

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:30 PM

mnhtnbb (11,494 posts)

4. HOORAH!!!! Good on the Governor!

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:13 PM

klook (4,461 posts)

5. Great to hear

I love North Carolina, the mountains especially, and am very glad to hear this.

It will be a battle, probably for decades, but it must be fought.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:36 PM

Mira (15,335 posts)

6. So excellent in a wasteland of rare good news. Here is how to thank her:

Last edited Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:54 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

The link below seems to not work from DU, it works from my computer.
It goes to the webpage of "Environment North Carolina" where there is a page to thank our Governor.

Sorry the link is useless, I tried posting it twice, after checking. I give up.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:43 PM

appleannie1 (2,985 posts)

7. PA Gov kisses drilling company butt. They are even trying to drill in highly populated suburbs.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 08:47 PM

WorseBeforeBetter (7,657 posts)

8. "Once again Gov. Perdue has vetoed North Carolina citizens out of good-paying energy jobs,"

Bullshit, Dallas Woodhouse/Americans for Prosperity. Highly skilled workers will be brought in from OUTSIDE North Carolina, like with the poorly managed Medicaid contract.

Perdue vetoes controversial fracking bill
http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/story/11269702/

It's the second time Perdue has stopped legislation that would move the state toward fracking. Last year, she vetoed a proposal with far fewer safeguards. Republican leaders have not yet been able to override that veto.

Perdue has vetoed two other major bills in recent days – the Racial Justice Act repeal, and the state budget. Lawmakers are expected to attempt to override all three vetoes Monday or Tuesday.

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Wow, this is good news, but damn, make those phone calls Monday and Tuesday!

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 11:58 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

11. Yea fracking in NC will give us "good paying energy jobs" just like...

...the damn Keystone XL will give the US "good paying energy jobs" (mostly no-benefit temp jobs filled by people from out of state or even out of the country).

What a crock 'O crap.

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 01:08 AM

WorseBeforeBetter (7,657 posts)

12. But people (well, some people) fall for it EVERY time.

Did you read the recent N&O article about the Medicaid contract that's rapidly approaching $1 BILLION? The one in which the "state-of-the-art" program is being written in COBOL? And only two community colleges in NC even teach COBOL? And well over half of the contracted employees are from India (nothing against Indians, they gotta work, too...). The incompetence in this state is STAGGERING.

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 11:59 AM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

13. Email your reps to ask them to keep NC frack-free:

http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9615

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 12:30 PM

Remember (32 posts)

14. Thank God

Finally some good news in the old north state.

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 01:19 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

15. “Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets”

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9004-silencing-communities-how-the-fracking-industry-keeps-its-secrets

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