Report sees money in offshore drilling:
That "nosedive in state revenue" has the potential to hurt me in ways I've never been hurt before (Note to Bev: I'm sorry I didn't vote for you ... now please lift the hiring freeze!). Ouch.
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A coalition of corporate, energy and agriculture leaders presented a report Monday projecting that North Carolina could eventually reap $577 million a year from offshore drilling along the state's coast.
Members of the Southeast Energy Alliance made their case for drilling as lawmakers try to cope with a nosedive in state revenue....
The
group's dollar figures, though, depend on the accuracy of federal
estimates of oil and natural gas deposits and whether corporations
choose to drill off the North Carolina coast.
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