18 December 2020 12:47 GMT Updated 18 December 2020 12:47 GMT
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will nominate Debra Haaland to lead the Department of Interior (DoI), elevating an opponent of fossil fuels – and first Native American to run the powerful government department – to oversee his administration’s ambitious plans for offshore wind and other renewables development on public lands.
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Biden also selected North Carolina’s environmental chief Michael Regan to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a body set to take a spearheading federal role in enacting a climate policy agenda that aims to place the US on course to reach net zero emissions by 2050.