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The startling and troubling voting gap with Black men

More Than 1 Million Eligible Voters In North Carolina Didn't Cast Ballots In 2020

WFAE Michele Coble of Lincolnton poses for a photo on Jan. 12. She s one of more than 1 million eligible North Carolinians who didn t vote in the 2020 election. This article is made possible through a partnership between WFAE and Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of our republishing policy. Michele Coble of Lincolnton has a strong opinion about the Jan. 6 mob riot at the U.S. Capitol. “I think that’s the craziest thing I have ever seen - to storm the Capitol,” she said. “And I’m really thinking you really didn’t accomplish nothing but you stirred up a whole lot of nothing just over the election.”

5 (Recent) Actions That Epitomize Andrew Wheeler's Caustic Chemical Safety Legacy - Union of Concerned Scientists

Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour 5 (Recent) Actions That Epitomize Andrew Wheeler’s Caustic Chemical Safety Legacy Genna Reed, Senior Analyst | January 15, 2021, 12:53 pm EDT As peoples’ minds have rightfully been on the state of our democracy and the Trump administration has been shedding agency heads left and right after inciting insurrection, the EPA’s administrator Andrew Wheeler has stuck around to finalize a long list of destructive items that represent the administration’s agenda all along: industry profits over public health. Specifically, in its final days, the administration has taken a wrecking ball to the scientific basis for public protections against hazardous chemicals. Wheeler even had the gall to promote the EPA’s Environmental Justice report, after we know that under his leadership, longstanding inequities have been neglected or made even worse. For example, environmental conta

Breaking: DEQ's Michael Regan is Biden's nominee for EPA administrator

NC Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan is the President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for EPA administrator, according to multiple news sources. Policy Watch reported yesterday that Regan was the leading contender for the job. A Goldsboro native, Regan has been DEQ secretary since 2017; he was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper. A DEQ spokesperson could not be reached for comment. Regan worked at the EPA for nine years in the late ’90s and mid-’00s before joining the Environmental Defense Fund. EDF issued this statement from Hawley Truax, Southeast Regional Director of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Regan previous served as EDF’s Southeast regional director.