Quoted: EPA union, environmentalists praise Regan for administrator

Environmental groups and a major EPA employee union are praising reports that President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate North Carolina environment secretary Michael Regan to be his EPA administrator, a role that will be central to achieving the incoming administration’s ambitious climate change agenda. Prior to becoming secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in 2017 under Gov. Roy Cooper (D), Regan served in senior roles in the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and also in EPA’s...