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(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is expected as soon as this week to name members of his core team to overhaul U.S. energy and environment policy to fight climate change, with a goal of bringing the economy to net-zero emissions by 2050.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden waves as he arrives at the Queen theatre for meetings in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
A key part of his campaign, his climate and environmental justice plan includes ramping up clean energy technology and usage, reducing dependence on fossil fuels, federal procurement of clean energy technology and re-engaging the United States in a global pact to fight warming.
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Incoming EPA Chief Vows ‘Sense of Urgency on Climate’
Michael Regan has said the agency will work quickly on addressing climate change, water pollution and environmental inequities
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Michael Regan delivers remarks after being introduced as US President-elect Joe Bidens nominee to be the new EPA Administrator at the Queen Theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Alex Edelman
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Michael Regan on Saturday gave his first speech as the presumptive head of EPA, and his brief remarks were transformative both for the 44-year-old Black man who grew up in the shadow of the 1950s-era H.F. Lee power plant in North Carolina, and for the battered federal agency he is poised to inherit.
Biden’s Energy, Environment Post Picks Tasked with Confronting ‘Existential’ Climate Change Threat
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday unveiled his selections for the top climate and energy posts in his administration, leaving little doubt of an impending sea change in federal policy when he takes office on Jan. 20.
The nominations and appointments comprise U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), Department of the Interior (DOI) secretary; former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Department of Energy (DOE) secretary; Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator; Brenda Mallory, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, national climate adviser; and Ali Zaidi, deputy national climate adviser.
President-Elect Joe Biden nominated Michael Regan as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Regan most recently led the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
“NPPC congratulates Michael Regan on his nomination. As DEQ secretary in North Carolina, a leading pork-producing state, he always had an open door, valued diverse points of view, and worked to find solutions that ensured science and data were guiding decisions. We hope those same qualities will be carried over to his leadership at EPA. We look forward to working with him on issues of importance to U.S. pork producers, as we continue to produce the highest-quality, most affordable and nutritious protein in the world,” said National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Howard “AV” Roth, a hog farmer from Wauzeka, Wisconsin.
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Historic picks for EPA, Interior complete Biden climate team Source: By Scott Waldman and Jean Chemnick, E&E News reporters • Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden selected Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) as Interior secretary. The history-making choice marks the first time a Native American will lead the department. Francis Chung/E&E News
Joe Biden made climate change and racism top issues when running for president. Now he’s melding them with the selection of his Cabinet.
Rep. Deb Haaland, Biden’s pick to head the Interior Department, would become the first Native American Cabinet secretary in history if confirmed. Michael Regan, head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, would be the first Black man to lead EPA.