The "evidence" behind this notion is that since the US and others were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, carbon emissions we're at extremely low levels. While that may be true, shutting down the economy hurts everyone and there are no long term studies behind any other of their logic. Â
Michael Regan, 44, would be the first African-American to take the post. He was instrumental in leading the state's multi-billion-dollar cleanup of coal ash and worked with members of the GOP legislature in Raleigh to improve environmental standards in North Carolina.Â