Biden to name Bostonâs Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator
By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman New York Times,Updated December 16, 2020, 12:24 a.m.
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Gina McCarthy, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama.SARAH BLESENER/NYT
WASHINGTON â President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce a significant part of his energy and environment team this week.
In the coming days, Biden intends to name prominent leaders in the climate and clean-energy world to two senior positions: Gina McCarthy, a former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be his senior adviser on climate change, and Jennifer Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Department of Energy.
WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce a significant part of his energy and environment team this week.
In the coming days, Biden intends to name prominent leaders in the climate and clean-energy world to two senior positions: Gina McCarthy, a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be his senior adviser on climate change, and Jennifer Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Department of Energy.
Biden on Tuesday named Pete Buttigieg, the former Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to be his secretary of the Department of Transportation, a job that is expected to become climate-centric in the next administration as Biden pushes policies to promote electric vehicles and climate-resilient infrastructure.
by Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) Former NYU Law School dean also said to be under consideration; Biden nearing final decisions on environment, climate picks … Michael Regan is now among the top contenders to be Environmental Protection Agency administrator, according to three people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named. Regan spent nearly a decade working under two presidents at the EPA and is now the secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality.
The deliberations come as Biden nears final decisions on a slate of nominees to lead key environment and energy posts, a list that may include former EPA chief Gina McCarthy and environmental lawyer Brenda Mallory. The president-elect has been meeting with transition team officials in Delaware this weekend.
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âOne of the Smartest Peopleâ: Biden Nominates Buttigieg
On Wednesday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. nominated Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., for secretary of the Transportation Department.
âFor secretary of Transportation, I nominate Mayor Pete Buttigieg. I got to know Pete on the campaign trail. Heâs one of the smartest people youâll ever meet, and one of the most humble. A mayor from the heartland, a management expert, a policy wonk with a big heart. A veteran, lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, an intelligence officer deployed to Afghanistan while he was mayor. A new voice with new ideas determined to move past old politics.â âMy hometown, South Bend, Ind., was built by the power of American transportation â from trade along the river whose bend gives our city its name to the rail lines that connected us to the rest of the country back when we were considered the West, to the livelihoods creat
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‘One of the Smartest People’: Biden Nominates Buttigieg
On Wednesday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. nominated Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., for secretary of the Transportation Department.
“For secretary of Transportation, I nominate Mayor Pete Buttigieg. I got to know Pete on the campaign trail. He’s one of the smartest people you’ll ever meet, and one of the most humble. A mayor from the heartland, a management expert, a policy wonk with a big heart. A veteran, lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, an intelligence officer deployed to Afghanistan whi