ameriKa's energy addictions bring complicated news stories

I'm persuaded the east coast earthquake was caused by fracking. This article from one of our responsible regular sources shows what a tangled web of problems and (?) solutions our insistence on over-population and over-consumption engenders. Not a pretty picture, but.... it's real! The article and the email it came from below -- shorn, alas, of most formatting in the process of cutting and pasting. /\/.\/\/. http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=9054 Commission Told of Need for Consumer Protections From Fracking Oil and gas leases could impose burdens on property owners May 08, 2012 - carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive Commission Told of Need for Consumer Protections From Fracking By Dan Way RALEIGH – Landowners need consumer protections built into North Carolina law to prevent potential financial losses, property damage, and mortgage mayhem from complicated oil and gas leases, said officials in the state Attorney General’s Office April 26 to members of the Environmental Review Commission. John Hood's Daily Journal Applying the Bacon Test In his description of the scientific method, Bacon emphasized the role of falsification in the pursuit of knowledge. Headlines 5.08.12 - Campaigns work on last full day before primary 5.08.12 - Final poll gives marriage amendment clear advantage 5.08.12 - Pro-Coleman employee groups outspend Coleman 5.08.12 - Librarian: Edwards asked heiress for more money 5.08.12 - Asheville mail facility future uncertain 5.08.12 - NC unemployment agency a ‘broken system’ 5.08.12 - UNC players made up 39 percent of suspect classes 5.08.12 - Experienced, top-paid teachers leaving CMS 5.08.12 - Coalition will ask ABC Commission to regulate ‘alcopops’ 5.08.12 - Economist: Triad will have ‘modest’ job growth 5.08.12 - Durham, Wake merge mental health agencies 5.08.12 - Wilmington officials identify potential stadium sites 5.08.12 - Wave Transit considers eliminating Sunday service 5.08.12 - Cumberland commissioners balk at recreation bonds 5.08.12 - Ship’s crew remembered at British Cemetery on Ocracoke Upcoming Events Monday, May 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Noon A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society with our special guest Robert Childs, MPH The Case For Syringe Decriminalization in North Carolina Today's Opinions Legalizing gambling The Winston-Salem Journal says that it is time for state leaders to devise a sensible and realistic state gambling policy, one that will allow some forms of gambling but regulate it closely. Amendment One The Kinston Free Press says that voters face a tough question on Tuesday’s ballot and, as people most often do when faced with a tough question, they’ll substitute an easier one and answer that instead. Academic fraud Putting policies in place that prevent misconduct is one thing. Putting policies into practice will be the next challenge as UNC-Chapel Hill moves forward says the Durham Herald-Sun. ©2012 John Locke Foundation | 200 West Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601, (919) 828-3876 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (170) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___