The new administration’s executive orders carry profound climate and environmental policy implications, including the Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal and the “Unleashing American Energy” executive order.
Advance North Carolina Deputy Director, La’Meshia Whittington, was recently appointed to the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board.
Advance North Carolina and six public health and environmental justice groups in Eastern North Carolina filed a petition seeking judicial review of the inadequate and negligent risk evaluation of 1,4-dioxane, a known carcinogen found in drinking water and consumer products, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
After years-long efforts to dilute votes, control elections and the creation of laws to protect poisonous corporate farms while receiving payouts, David Lewis’ recent crimes come as no surprise to the people of North Carolina. And we deserve better this election.