tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post2894924534754897878..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Slut Shaming Donald van der VaartJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-8323400886864301322017-01-04T10:57:58.232-05:002017-01-04T10:57:58.232-05:00Paul Blest at the Independent detailed today just ...Paul Blest at the Independent detailed today just how bad it got at DEQ under McCrory:<br /><br />Over the past four years, Cooper's predecessor, a former Duke Energy executive, undermined efforts to combat pollution and environmental degradation. After his former company's coal ash spilled into the Dan River in February 2014, McCrory's regulators took two and a half years to settle on a paltry $6 million fine for what the Southern Environmental Law Center called "thousands of obvious violations of law." Another fine against Duke Energy over groundwater contamination at a plant in Wilmington was reduced from $25.1 million to $7 million in 2015.<br /><br />Then, after state toxicologist Ken Rudo testified in a deposition that the administration deliberately misled people who live near coal ash ponds about the quality of their drinking water, the administration embarked on a smear campaign against Rudo that resulted in the resignation of state epidemiologist Megan Davies, who said in a resignation letter that she couldn't "work for a Department and an Administration that deliberately misleads the public."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-27057072542173455902017-01-04T10:46:17.198-05:002017-01-04T10:46:17.198-05:00Doesn't mean he has to be given any responsibi...Doesn't mean he has to be given any responsibilities. He needs to be shut out or he'll be a conduit back to Berger and his cronies.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353665939577785784noreply@blogger.com