In Public Debut As EPA Pick, Regan Mixes Pitch To EJ, Industry & States

摘要

In his first public remarks since being chosen as President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head EPA, Michael Regan is pledging to move quickly to cooperate with states and address environmental justice - while also reaching out to industry as partners in developing environmental solutions. The pledge came Dec. 19 at a formal announcement of Biden's "climate team" in Wilmington, DE, giving the president-elect and his environment-focused Cabinet nominees a chance to tout commitments to act on climate change and other environmental issues, while linking the issues to economic recovery and environmental problems in disad-vantaged communities. "We will be driven by our convictions that every person in our great country has the right to clean air, clean water and a healthier life no matter how much money they have in their pockets, the color of their skin or the community that they live in," said Regan, who has served as the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality under Gov. Roy Cooper (D) since 2017.