There had been rumors of civil disobedience and disorder, so Stokes County officialdom was braced for that last night ahead of the meeting of the Walnut Cove town board. But, in the end, what the board got was a seriously serious tongue-lashing, followed by a packed house (plus 30 or 40 others standing outside and looking in the windows) singing “We Shall Not Be Moved.” Then everyone walked out.
The reason for the board’s tongue-lashing was its vote a month ago to hasten fracking in North Carolina by allowing the State of North Carolina (at taxpayer expense) to do core-sample drilling on town property, not far from a huge coal ash impoundment at Duke Energy’s Belews Creek Steam Station.
Here’s a link to a story in the Winston-Salem Journal.
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Thank you so much for your enlightening posts. Stokes County now, who knows where next. What about solar exploration, wind power, etc.?????
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