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        November 21, 2011 -
        
  
        Several North Carolina legislators are in Pennsylvania today for a fact-finding mission about the controversial natural-gas drilling method known as fracking -- and their tour guide is Chesapeake Energy, one of the nation's largest fracking companies. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        November 11, 2011 -
        
  
        A gusher of political cash is flowing into Congress from the natural gas industry to fight regulation of the environmentally risky drilling method known as "fracking." 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        October 13, 2011 -
        
  
        A recent United Nations report found that 80 percent of the world's energy needs could be met with renewable sources by 2050. So why are the Southeast's big electric utilities doing so little to make the transition to clean energy despite the worsening climate crisis? 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 2, 2005 -
        
  
        Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) in a Raw Story interview (via DKos) comments on the energy bill recently passed by Congress: