Changing attitudes toward renewable energy in state
government are apparently prompting Facebook to unfriend North Carolina.
An official with the California-based social
media company told a reporter at the COP21 climate summit in a Paris
suburb recently that Facebook would probably not expand further in the state
because of ebbing support in state government for clean energy.
"We are only considering states with strong policies
and a determination to produce renewable energy," said Bill Weihl, head of
sustainability at the company. He was quoted by Justin Catanoso in a
story that appeared in slightly different forms in Triad Business
Journal and The News and Observer of Raleigh.
