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 N.C. Treasurer Names Conservative Climate Skeptic to State Utilities Commission

Inside Climate News · By Lisa Sorg · last updated
Donald van der Vaart also served as N.C. environment secretary before joining the EPA’s Science Advisory Board during the first Trump administration. He’s been a proponent of fracking and offshore drilling.

By Lisa Sorg

Donald van der Vaart—the state’s former environment secretary and a climate skeptic who was shortlisted for EPA administrator during the first Trump administration—has been appointed to the North Carolina Utilities Commission by Republican Treasurer Brad Briner.

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