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I'm so impressed with Biden's picks for his administration - he's going for people who know what they are doing. And, guess what? Women, black people and people of color know what they are doing! 
Not diverse enough? What do these complainers want?
- By Brian Murphy and Michael Wilner, The Island Packet, December 15, 2020
Earlier this year, Duke Energy agreed to the largest coal ash clean-up in U.S. history as part of a legal settlement with DEQ, one of highlights of Regan’s tenure. Duke agreed to excavate nearly 80 million tons of coal ash at six sites.
“North Carolina’s communities have lived with the threat of coal ash pollution for too long,” Regan said in a statement at the time. “We are holding Duke accountable and will continue to hold them accountable for their actions as we protect public health, the environment and our natural resources.”
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The EPA defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income, with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.”
In practical terms, it means that often poor communities or communities of color are exposed to harmful environmental impacts that more affluent communities avoid, including both natural disasters and man-made impacts.
Appointing someone like Regan, who is Black, would show “Biden is committed to environmental justice,” said Devon Hall, co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH), a Duplin County group pushing for environmental justice among its other goals.
More at link: https://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/north-carolina/article247855130.html
A shocking example of environmental racism is Cancer Alley, which is the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans lined with chemical and industrial plants right up next to the Mississippi River levee, and woven into the local African American neighborhoods.
The air has stunk of toxins for decades harming those that live near the plants, and Louisiana does not do a thing about it. If you drive the river road after dark on a moonlit night, and watch the chemical plant flares lighting up the sky, you can see the chemical plants blow there stacks clean filling the sky with black soot, that they would never blow clean during daylight hours for everyone to see.
This guy has good school and experience credentials, lets hope we can win the senate and help this guy out.
But do go on. 
