POLITICO • December 17, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina's top environmental regulator, to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to people familiar with the Biden transition team's plan. The pick is a major nod to the party's progressive wing that pushed Biden's team to emphasize minority and poor communities facing threats from pollution. Regan, who started his career as a staffer in EPA's air office before leading climate and clean energy work at the Environmental Defense Fund, has received accolades from environmental groups for his work atop North Carolina's environmental agency.