State of North Carolina Archives: on Energy & Oil

Sandy Smith: Let the free market work on green energy

A: Strongly Oppose, the government doesn't need to pick winners and losers, let the free market work.

Pat McCrory: Develop offshore resources, plus natural gas exploration

As governor, Pat McCrory will establish a partnership with neighboring states to develop offshore resources and recruit companies to bring a much-needed infusion of energy, jobs and investment to the state. Under a McCrory administration, North Carolina will establish the regulatory framework for natural gas exploration and signal to outside companies that North Carolina is getting into the energy business.

Elaine Marshall: Big Oil polluted the Gulf, & polluted the politics around it

Burr has received $78,200 this election from political action committees representing oil and gas companies, according to the Center for Responsible Politics. Ten senators have received more.

Elaine Marshall: Opposes drilling off coast due to disastrous risks

Burr said oil companies had been forced to go into the riskier territory because they were "chased" away from land drilling and shallow water drilling. He said officials need to ensure that deepwater drilling is saf before quickly allowing it to continue. President Obama's administration had imposed a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but a federal judge struck it down. The government is appealing that decision.

But ending such drilling entirely, Burr said, would lead to economic disaster."You'll have no economic growth," he said. "You'll have no job expansion. You'll have a contraction like you've never dreamed of."

Richard Burr: Ending offshore drilling leads to economic disaster

Burr said oil companies had been forced to go into the riskier territory because they were "chased" away from land drilling and shallow water drilling. He said officials need to ensure that deepwater drilling is saf before quickly allowing it to continue. President Obama's administration had imposed a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but a federal judge struck it down. The government is appealing that decision.

But ending such drilling entirely, Burr said, would lead to economic disaster."You'll have no economic growth," he said. "You'll have no job expansion. You'll have a contraction like you've never dreamed of."

Kay Hagan: Opposed offshore drilling until August compromise

Quote: “Kay is against offshore drilling.”

Facts: Earlier in the campaign, Hagan opposed lifting a federal moratorium on drilling for oil and natural gas off the U.S. coastline. In early August, she reversed herself, saying she supports a bipartisan compromise that would allow states to decide on offshore drilling, promote alternative energy and repeal oil company tax credits. Dole, who had previously supported the moratorium as well, reversed herself in June.

Note: The ad portrays Hagan as part of “Big Oil” because she and her husband own oil and gas wells valued somewhere between $90,000 and $300,000. That’s a pretty far cry from the billions a company such as ExxonMobil has in assets.

Elizabeth Dole: Release 1/3 of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve

Kay Hagan: No tax breaks for big oil companies that give us $4 gas