N.C. GOP hope to roll back the state’s green energy policy [View all]

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Posted: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 11:49 pm, Sun Jan 27, 2013.

Mcclatcy-Tribune

Conservatives have grumbled about the state energy law that mandates renewables and efficiency programs ever since it was passed in 2007 with Democrats in control.

This year, with a solid majority in the legislature and an ally in the governor’s mansion, Republicans hope to roll back the state’s green energy policy, the News & Observer of Raleigh reports.

It’s part of a broader effort to reshape the state’s energy landscape to reflect conservative priorities. It will likely dovetail with Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign endorsement of offshore drilling and inland fracking for shale gas as a means of promoting energy independence.

McCrory is eager to work with neighboring states on offshore drilling, which is overseen by the federal government. If drilling rigs were to be built in the Atlantic Ocean, one item yet to be resolved would be North Carolina’s potential revenue sharing with the feds for any offshore waters leased for energy development ...

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