Biden close to naming North Carolina regulator to EPA
Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs
Bloomberg
North Carolina’s top environmental regulator, Michael Regan, is Joe Biden’s leading candidate to head the EPA though the president-elect has not yet made a final decision, according to a people familiar with the matter.
Regan’s lead role comes after weeks of deliberations and as concerns about some candidates’ confirmation chances prompted transition officials to shuffle the lineup of contenders to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Regan is in the final stages of being vetted for the role, according to people familiar with the matter. Biden interviewed Regan for the EPA administrator post on Tuesday, according to a separate person familiar with the deliberations.
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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.