President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Michael Regan, a top North Carolina environmentalist to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to two Washington Post sources.
Regan, 44, has been the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality since 2017, and if he’s confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first African American man to run the EPA.
With years of experience in environmental issues, the North Carolina native is a darling within green circles.
“I think he has done a good job of leading a department that was low on morale and had its budget cut and turned it around, Bill Ross, who led the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources from 2001 to 2009, told E&E News. “I admire his work ethic and on how he reaches out to different.”
He served at EPA for nearly 10 years during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.