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Michael Regan

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Michael Stanley Regan is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality since January 2020. In this role, he has focused on issues related to environmental justice and public health, advocating for policies that address lead exposure and promote sustainable practices. Regan has emphasized the importance of research and innovation in environmental protection, aiming to safeguard the health of North Carolinians and their environment.

Quotes by year · 2009–2024160 total · peak 2021 (63)
2009: 1 quote2021: 63 quotes2022: 27 quotes2023: 58 quotes2024: 11 quotes
May 9, 2023

With these funds, the Bay Program has been able to make significant strides in meeting the goal of restoring the bay by 2025.

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May 9, 2023

Anything that we finalize will not degradate the beneficial use of control burns, prescribed burns, and would be able to deal with wildfires.

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Apr 18, 2023

I believe the WOTUS that we have constructed will provide certainty and durability, right, and I think it will give a better opportunity for our farmers to have more security.

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Apr 18, 2023

We want to be sure that whether it is our TCTAC program or our Closing the Wastewater Gap for this $150 million in technical assistance, that we are blanketing the country and not leaving any communities behind.

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Apr 18, 2023

We want to support our specialty crop producers, and we are looking at all kinds of ways to provide the flexibilities and the labeling that we need to keep our specialty crop farmers, our small farmers in a most competitive posture.

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Apr 18, 2023

I consider us walking and chewing gum at the same time.

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Apr 18, 2023

I have met with the biodiesel, biofuels groups, and they have made us aware of some information.

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Apr 18, 2023

Mr. Regan, these are the realities that specialty crop growers in my district and in Florida, Texas, and California, and everywhere else have to contend with.

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Apr 18, 2023

I have seen solar panels taking up agricultural land for over a decade.

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Apr 18, 2023

This Administration is the first Administration to ever set a drinking water standard for PFAS.

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Apr 18, 2023

I might be biased, but I would say I am right, and I think Secretary Vilsack agrees with me.

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Mar 22, 2023

It is absolutely imperative that we have additional research into this chemical compound, and into the technologies, that will deter this from entering our bodies.

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Mar 22, 2023

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

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Mar 22, 2023

It is absolutely imperative that we have additional research into this chemical compound, and into the technologies, that will deter this from entering our bodies.

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Mar 22, 2023

There is absolutely no acceptable or safe level of lead exposure, for our children, or for anyone.

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Mar 22, 2023

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

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Mar 22, 2023

In some cases because of income, and because of race, because of ZIP code, we are seeing an undue and unfair burden.

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Mar 22, 2023

Our job is fundamentally about keeping people safe, to safeguard the very things that we all as Americans hold dear.

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Mar 22, 2023

We are going to hold them accountable.

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Mar 22, 2023

You need resources to go in to respond to the emergency, to clean up the emergency.

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Mar 22, 2023

We are able, with technology, to detect levels of pollution that we have never been able to detect before.

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Mar 22, 2023

We can't do that with Reagan era numbers.

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Mar 22, 2023

We are facing 21st century challenges with resources of the past.

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Mar 22, 2023

We want to do is keep the focus on the bad actors, which are those who pollute, not our agriculture community

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