Governor John Bel Edwards announces the resignation of the Secretary of Environmental Quality, Chuck Carr Brown. He will step down March 31st. Brown has led LDEQ from the time Edwards was first sworn into office. Brown says he is proud of the progress made in cleaning Louisiana’s air in recent years, after having the federal government set benchmarks for air quality…:
“We are in attainment. And I can tell you that only a handful of other states in the country can say that. So I use the term ‘we are breathing the cleanest air since the Industrial Revolution’”
Brown previously served the Department of Environmental Quality as Assistant Secretary under Governor Kathleen Blanco. As Secretary, he oversaw LDEQ’s response the 2016 flood, and has worked with federal authorities as a steward of the state’s environment. He says he hopes his successor will carry on in his path…:
“Part of the core values that I tied to bring to the Department…continuous improvement, transparency and have open and honest dialog.”
Brown’s resignation is effective at the end of this month. He tells LRN he is not retiring, but rather moving into a new phase in his life; doing environmental work in the private sector…:
“I’ll be consulting with folks, and just still trying to do all I can to make sure that we are making progress in the state of Louisiana.”
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