Michael S. Regan: Nominee Currently: Andrew Wheeler
Biden is planning for a complete reversal of recent federal environmental policy after the Trump administration undertook a dramatic rollback in environmental protections. Over 100 environmental safeguards were removed across the past four years. Biden plans to impose stricter environmental standards on industry, a job that would be overseen by his next EPA administrator.
Michael S. Regan
Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
In his current position, Regan oversees a state agency tasked with protecting North Carolina’s environment and natural resources. He previously worked with the EPA’s air quality and energy programs during the Clinton and Bush administrations. He has also served as the Associate Vice President of U.S. Climate and Energy and the Southeast Regional Director of the Environmental Defense Fund.
Reported by Dino Grandoni, Juliet Eilperin, Kate Rabinowitz and Steven Mufson.
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2020-12-22 Why Michael Regan is a Transformational Pick to Head the EPA He will also be an integral part of the first-ever Climate Team, made up of some heavy hitters, including Representative Deb Haaland as the first Native American Secretary of Interior, former Governor Jennifer Granholm as the second woman Secretary of Energy, Brenda Mallory as the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy as the National Climate Advisor, and Ali Zaidi as the Deputy National Climate Advisor.
Beyond the Climate Team, Biden is assembling experts across the administration: from former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy to the announcement the first climate official who will sit on the National Security Council.
Michael Regan is well-suited to lead EPA in tackling tough environmental problems. His resume is impressive, but I make that statement based on my own history with him. I worked with Michael at Environmental Defense Fund for eight years and consider him a friend. His prior work at EPA and his current position as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality have been rightly highlighted as providing his qualifications for EPA Administrator.
Beyond those qualifications, however, my time working with him showed me what a clear goal of inclusion and equity can do for helping to achieve climate goals, especially done with determination, intellect and empathy. Michael has all of those qualities in abundance.
2020-12-19 Michael Regan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Regan Is a Top Environmental Protection Official in North Carolina. Regan Grew Up With Asthma, Which Helped Inform His Views on Pollution. Regan Is Known for a Multibillion-Dollar Coal Ash Settlement With Duke Energy. Regan’s Appointment Would Make Him the First Black Man to Lead the EPA. Regan Lives in Raleigh With His Wife & Son & Founded an Environmental Solutions Firm.
2020-12-18 Who is Michael Regan, the potential next head of the EPA? In a cabinet full of firsts, Michael Regan will be nominated as the second Black head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration, The Hill reported Thursday, albeit still the first Black man in the position.
If you aren’t familiar with his name, don’t worry. The secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality isn’t the most well known of Biden’s Cabinet picks. But he is arguably well-qualified, having started his career at the EPA during the Clinton administration and spent eight years at the Environmental Defense Fund before becoming the state’s top environmental regulator.
2020-12-17 Biden picks top North Carolina environmental official to run EPA
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