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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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If he is confirmed, Pete Buttigieg would be the first openly gay cabinet secretary. House Democratic leaders expressed their support for Representative Deb Haaland to be chosen as interior secretary.
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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
Bidenâs climate team begins to take shape.
Gina McCarthy, the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator under President Barack Obama, is expected to be President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs pick as a senior adviser on climate change.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
Published Dec. 16, 2020Updated March 10, 2021
In the coming days, Mr. 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 M. Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Energy Department.
Bidenâs Climate Team Begins to Take Shape
The president-elect is expected to pick Gina McCarthy, a former E.P.A. chief, as White House climate coordinator. Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor, is said to be his choice for the Energy Department.
Gina McCarthy led the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017 and helped design Obama-era climate regulations.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
WASHINGTON â President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to announce a significant part of his energy and environment team this week.
In the coming days, Mr. 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 M. Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Department of Energy.
At the EPA, new names have been circulating in the last week. Michael Regan, the head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, and Richard Revesz, a professor and former dean at the New York University School of Law, are reportedly under consideration to lead the agency after opposition arose to front-runner Mary Nichols
Nichols, California’s top air regulator, was expected to face resistance from Senate Republicans, but a letter from a coalition of 70 environmental and social justice groups complaining she did not do enough to consider their voices when working to craft the state’s cap and trade program has reportedly diminished her prospects.