mr. skvarla in charge of environmental issues for the state. this was pat mccrory in north carolina when he was running for governor in 2008. he was asked by an interviewer about global warming. >> it's in god's hands. frankly, the world has been warming for a long time and back in the '70s, if you look at the covers of "newsweek" and "time," we were getting cold. >> it's in god's hands. it's one thing to have an abstract debate about not just climate change but whether or not science is a thing. whether or not science is real. but any abstract concerns about having people who deny science serving in public office became very concrete, very real concerns in north carolina this past super bowl sunday. when duke energy dumped tens of thousands of tons of toxic coal ash sludge into a 70-mile slick on the dan river. there are 31 other pits just like this one that spilled -- just like this one that spilled all over the state of north carolina. there's 14 sites across north carolina with what used to be 32 of these big ponds, these big pits full of c