North Carolina’s environmental chief ensures new Democratic governor can’t remove him from agency | International News Live Blog

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In another installment of “The North Carolina GOP will stop at nothing to obstruct Roy Cooper,” the state’s lead environmental official demoted himself over the holidays to a staff post at the agency, which will insulate him from removal by the incoming Democratic governor. Samantha Page writes: Donald van … http://internationalnewslive.com/north-carolinas-environmental-chief-ensures-new-democratic-governor-cant-remove-him-from-agency/