Fracking
Fracking Timeline
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Reporter Laura White has put together a multimedia timeline, showing fracking’s path in North Carolina.
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Reporter Laura White has put together a multimedia timeline, showing fracking’s path in North Carolina.
A bill legalizing fracking in North Carolina passed through the state Senate Thursday and is heading to the Governor’s desk. The Record’s Laura White breaks down what’s in the bill.
Fracking opponents gathered Monday evening to urge Gov. Bev Perdue to veto a fracking bill that has passed both houses of the N.C. legislature.
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So you have natural gas under your property, and you own your mineral rights, and you want to make a little money. You should be able to lease at your leisure, right?
The issuing of extracting gas from land affects homeowners. The next section of the DENR report takes a look at the types of compensation given to homeowners and the legal issues surrounding a homeowner’s mineral rights for his or her house and property.
So if fracking becomes legal, what laws need to be in place to protect people and the environment? Section 7 of DENR’s draft report explains.
While the General Assembly moved forward Wednesday with legislation that would prepare North Carolina to legalize fracking, Raleigh’s City Council passed its own resolution regarding the issue just days before.
What are some of the other reamifications of fracking? Section 6 of the DENR report takes a look at crime rates, housing and traffic accidents.