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Queen honored for environmental advocacy

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

out joesamThe N.C. League of Conservation Voters named Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, as its 2015 Representative of the Year in the organization’s annual Green Tie Awards.

The awards honor N.C. legislators who have stepped up, spoken out and carried water for environmental issues at the General Assembly. Queen fit the bill, the organization decided, having stood staunchly against fracking in North Carolina and advocated for more stringent fracking rules to safeguard against health and environmental impacts. 

“We appreciate his continued advocacy to keep our air and water clean – not just within his district – but for all of North Carolina’s citizens,” said a League of Conservation Voters press release. 

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