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Website. www .deq .nc .gov. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) is an agency of the government of North Carolina that focuses on the preservation and protection of natural resources and public health. The department is headed by the Secretary of Environmental Quality, who is appointed by the Governor of North Carolina ...
Michael Regan on his goals for the EPA. Recorded May 18, 2022. Michael Stanley Regan[ 3] (born August 6, 1976) is an American environmental regulator. He has been serving as the 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency since March 11, 2021. [ 4] He is the first African American man to serve in the role.
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission is a group of 15 members appointed by the governor of North Carolina. This group is responsible for making rules to protect and make better North Carolina's air and water. The members are chosen for knowledge or interest in many topics including medical profession, agriculture, engineering ...
The protected areas of North Carolina cover roughly 3.8 million acres, making up 11% of the total land in the state. [1] 86.5% of this protected land is publicly owned and is managed by different federal and state level authorities and receive varying levels of protection. [1] Some areas are managed as wilderness while others are operated with ...
The legislature derives its authority from Article II of the North Carolina Constitution. [3] The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature. Like all other states except for Nebraska, the legislature is bicameral, currently consisting of the 120-member North Carolina House of Representatives [11] and the 50-member North Carolina ...
North Carolina's geography is usually divided into three biomes: Coastal, Piedmont, and the Appalachian Mountains . North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats. Although the state is at temperate latitudes, the Appalachian Mountains and the Gulf ...
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Website. www .ncei .noaa .gov. The National Centers for Environmental Information ( NCEI) is a U.S. government agency that manages one of the world's largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic data. The current director is Derek Arndt.
North Carolina averages 5 inches (130 mm) of snow per winter season. However, this varies greatly across the state. Along the coast, most areas register less than 2 inches (51 mm) per year while the state capital, Raleigh, averages 6.0 inches (150 mm). Farther west in the Piedmont-Triad, the average grows to approximately 9 inches (230 mm).