when pat mccrory took office, the first thing he did was he appointed john skvarla, and john skvarla was instrumental in redefining who denr s customer was. the customer to me has always been north carolina s resources and its citizens. and he redefined that and said no, from here forward our customer is going to be the regulatory agent or the regulatory industry or the industries that we regulate. so we shifted away from protecting the resource and the people from pollution to protecting the polluter and trying to help them protect both their profit and help them meet compliance standards through proper excuse me. through through the way they had to manage their waste and other by-products of what they do. absolutely. i m sorry. i lost you there for a second. i got you. i understand.
under lawsuit for contaminating groundwater. and that s what the public doesn t see. is that this groundwater contamination goes on every single day and while this is new news to your viewers this is not new news to the folks that are advocates trying to address this coal ash pollution that the state is facing. you were involved on the regulatory side of this for nine years before you resigned last year, citing your changed work experience under the mccrory administration. can you tell us what changed, what had your job been like, what had the regulatory job been like in north carolina before governor mccrory, and how has it changed since him? certainly. before it has always been the mission of denr to protect the resources and the public and the public s right to have clean air, clean water, a swimmable, recreationable, fishable resources in the state. when pat mccrory took office, the first thing he did was he
under lawsuit for contaminating groundwater. and that s what the public doesn t see. is that this groundwater contamination goes on every single day and while this is new news to your viewers this is not new news to the folks that are advocates trying to address this coal ash pollution that the state is facing. you were involved on the regulatory side of this for nine years before you resigned last year, citing your changed work experience under the mccrory administration. can you tell us what changed, what had your job been like, what had the regulatory job been like in north carolina before governor mccrory, and how has it changed since him? certainly. before it has always been the mission of denr to protect the resources and the public and the public s right to have clean air, clean water, a swimmable, recreationable, fishable resources in the state.
catastrophic failure here at the dan river, these plants, all 14 plants in north carolina are under lawsuit for contaminating groundwater. and that s what the public doesn t see. is that this groundwater contamination goes on every single day and while this is new news to your viewers this is not new news to the folks that are advocates trying to address this coal ash pollution that the state is facing. you were involved on the regulatory side of this for nine years before you resigned last year, citing your changed work experience under the mccrory administration. can you tell us what changed, what had your job been like, what had the regulatory job been like in north carolina before governor mccrory, and how has it changed since him? certainly. before it has always been the mission of diener to protect the resources and the public and the public s right to have clean air, clean water, a swimmable,
recreationable, fishable resources in the state. when pat mccrory took office, the first thing he did was he appointed john scovarla, and john scovarla was instrumental in redefining who diener s customer was. the customer to me has always been north carolina s resources and its citizens. and he redefined that and said no, from here forward our customer is going to be the regulatory agent or the regulatory industry or the industries that we regulate. so we shifted fromma way from protecting the resource and the people from pollution to protecting the polluter and trying to help them protect both their profit and help them meet compliance standards through proper excuse me. through through the way they had to manage their waste and other