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Climate stars surround Biden. Where does EPA fit in? Source: By Jean Chemnick, E&E News reporter • Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Gina McCarthy and John Kerry deliver remarks on an air quality program in 2015. Both officials are climate advisers to President-elect Joe Biden. State Department/Sipa USA/Newscom
President-elect Joe Biden has picked superstars to advance his global warming agenda.
The expected appointment this week of former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to oversee Biden’s domestic climate policy comes after he tapped former Democratic presidential nominee and Secretary of State John Kerry to represent his climate priorities abroad.
NC Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan is the President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for EPA administrator, according to multiple news sources.
Policy Watch reported yesterday that Regan was the leading contender for the job. A Goldsboro native, Regan has been DEQ secretary since 2017; he was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper.
A DEQ spokesperson could not be reached for comment.
Regan worked at the EPA for nine years in the late ’90s and mid-’00s before joining the Environmental Defense Fund.
EDF issued this statement from Hawley Truax, Southeast Regional Director of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Regan previous served as EDF’s Southeast regional director.