Source: NC PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE, 4/27/21

North Carolina leaders said the state is well-positioned to tackle climate change while boosting local economies, especially with support from the Biden administration.

Last week, President Joe Biden and climate envoy John Kerry hosted a world leaders summit to recommit the U.S. to taking action on global warming and clean energy.

Rep. Zack Hawkins, D-Durham, pointed out native North Carolinian and former secretary of the state Department of Environmental Quality Michael Regan now oversees the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

"We're poised to move forward over the next few years in ways we have not been able to even under the Obama administration," Hawkins explained. "There's so much more data available."

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