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North Carolina

ProfessionalLeftist

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

Reply to WorseBeforeBetter (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 10:58 PM

Jul 2012

...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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Gov. Perdue has vetoed fracking... [View all] 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