NC Department of Environmental Quality (press release)

NC DEQ is a state government agency, not a journalistic outlet; its press releases are official communications reflecting state policy under Democratic Governor Josh Stein. Its environmental priorities — including a greenhouse-gas reduction roadmap and active PFAS regulation — diverge from the Trump administration's federal deregulatory agenda, but as a state agency it does not editorialize against the federal government. Its stance is therefore mixed: it neither supports nor openly attacks the Trump administration, but pursues policies largely at odds with current federal EPA direction.