Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
hide caption
toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a 2015 signing ceremony for an air quality agreement as then-Secretary of State John Kerry looks on. The two will be back together working on climate issues in the Biden administration. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Updated at 7:45 a.m. ET
The fate of the Biden administration s ambitious climate goals plans that, if fully implemented, would overhaul the United States energy economy in the span of just 15 years will largely rest in the hands of two longtime government officials who have obsessed on the topic for decades.
Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox.
email Women Will Shape Biden’s Energy and Climate Agenda
Rep. Deb Haaland would be the first Native American to head the Interior Department and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm was nominated to run the Energy Department.
President-elect Joe Biden late on Thursday nominated U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to head the Department of the Interior as part of a “tested, trailblazing team [that] will be ready on day one to confront the existential threat of climate change.”
Other women the president-elect nominated to fill key climate-related roles were Jennifer Granholm to run the Department of Energy; Gina McCarthy to be the first-ever national climate adviser heading a new White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy; and Brenda Mallory to chair the Council on Environmental Quality.
18 December 2020 12:47 GMT Updated 18 December 2020 12:47 GMT
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will nominate Debra Haaland to lead the Department of Interior (DoI), elevating an opponent of fossil fuels – and first Native American to run the powerful government department – to oversee his administration’s ambitious plans for offshore wind and other renewables development on public lands.
Green is the new black. Subscribe to Accelerate
Get the market insight you need into the global oil & gas industry s energy transition – from the new newsletter from Upstream and Recharge. Sign up here
Biden also selected North Carolina’s environmental chief Michael Regan to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a body set to take a spearheading federal role in enacting a climate policy agenda that aims to place the US on course to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
McKnight Foundation Selects Leader of Skillman Foundation as Next President philanthropy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philanthropy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
18 December 2020 12:01 GMT Updated 18 December 2020 12:01 GMT in London
US President-elect Joe Biden this week announced his choices for the top officials to serve on the incoming administration’s climate team, rolling out a slate of nominees that could indicate a sharp change of direction at agencies that have direct influence over the nation’s oil and gas operations.
Biden has chosen New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to head the US Department of the Interior and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to lead the Department of Energy, both cabinet-level positions that will require confirmation by a closely divided Senate.
If confirmed, Haaland will be the first Native American to lead the Interior Department, which oversees oil and gas operations on federal lands and offshore blocks.