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June 16, 2025

DEQ

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Cooper appoints Delli-Gatti to new position following NC Senate vote

June 3, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Minutes after an afternoon NC Senate vote not to confirm his nominee to the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Dionne Delli-Gatti as North Carolina Clean Energy Director. The press […]

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NC Senate says NCDEQ nominee doesn’t have confirmation votes

June 2, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – The N.C. Senate on Wednesday held a press conference announcing that Gov. Roy Cooper’s choice to lead the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality, Dionne Delli-Gatti, did not have support to be confirmed for […]

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Gov. Roy Cooper names Dionne Delli-Gatti new environmental secretary

February 16, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper named Dionne Delli-Gatti, the director of regulatory and legislative affairs for southeast climate and energy at the Environmental Defense Fund, the state’s new Department of Environmental Quality secretary. Delli-Gatti will […]

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Loss of pipeline also means end of controversial ‘mitigation fund’

July 10, 2020 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH – The decision over the July 4th weekend by Dominion Energy and Duke Energy to cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project also means the $57.8 million ‘mitigation fund’ negotiated by Gov. Roy Cooper will […]

Madeline Gray | North State Journal
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Environmental rules commission will consider ban on payments for permits

July 7, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The former secretary of the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality, who now serves on the state’s environmental rulemaking commission, has proposed rulemaking that would make money exchanged for permits illegal. Emails obtained by […]

Gerry Broome—AP
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Challenge to ACP permits filed

February 27, 2018 North State Journal Staff

Raleigh – A challenge filed Tuesday against Governor Roy Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality alleges that the four permits issued by the state for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline “did not meet proper procedure resulting in […]

Aaron P. Bernstein—Reuters
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Climate activists delay energy projects in NC and across the nation

December 6, 2017 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — National environmental groups waging legal battles against energy projects are delaying approval of U.S. natural gas pipelines, a top federal energy regulator said on Thursday. The groups have lawyers who “understand how […]

Madeline Gray | North State Journal
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Chemours cited for unreported October chemical spill

November 15, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality cited Chemours Monday with violating it’s water discharge permit after an October spill of more chemicals into the Cape Fear River. Cooper administration officials have given the […]

News

Grand jury investigating DEQ, Chemours amid GenX concerns in the Cape Fear

August 9, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — A federal investigation is underway into the Department of Environmental Quality and the release of the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear River from the Chemours plant in eastern N.C. The U.S. Attorney’s […]

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