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Interim director appointed to lead North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality

  • North Dakota Monitor staff

The accounting director for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality will serve as interim director of the agency, Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced Friday. Beth Jacobson, a 29-year state government employee, will begin leading the department on Aug. 1 after DEQ Director Dave Glatt retires at the end of the month, according to the governor’s […]

Virginia

DEQ asks Virginians how to best engage environmental justice communities during permitting process

  • Shannon Heckt

When the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality reviews permits for proposed projects that would impact water, air, or land, the agency must consider whether projects would be in or near environmental justice communities, areas that are low-income or whose residents are mostly people of color who experience a disproportionate rate of environmental harm.  Now, state […]