On my way to Eden to get a briefing and a firsthand look at the coal ash spill there. — Pat McCrory (@PatMcCroryNC) February 6, 2014

Gov. McCrory worked for Duke Energy for nearly 30 years, and all through his time as the mayor of Charlotte, N.C. He quit working for the company on Feb. 29, 2008, when he was running for his first (unsuccessful) bid for the governor’s office.

There has been a lot of criticism in North Carolina aimed at the governor due to changes he’s made within the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), prompting a mass exodus of NCDENR employees, and most famously this one.