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President Joe Biden’s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan gives his opening statement at his confirmation hearing Wednesday to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Regan currently serves as the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary.
A Coastal Review Online report published Wednesday, “EPA Nominee Regan Set for Senate Hearing,” looks at Regan’s career leading up to this nomination.
Greg Dotson is assistant professor of law at the University of Oregon School of Law.
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Greg Dotson has accepted the position of Chief Counsel for the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The committee has legislative jurisdiction over national climate change policy. Dotson teaches environmental law and climate change law at the UO Law School and is a nationally recognized expert on environmental law.
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“We are proud to join the EPA team of dedicated career professionals,”
said Dan Utech, EPA’s incoming Chief of Staff. “EPA will be at the heart of President Biden’s commitment to protect public health and the environment while building a clean energy future that creates good paying jobs. We will be guided by science as we work together to achieve these goals on behalf of all Americans.”
EPA’s leadership team comes with a broad range of expertise and knowledge, including decades of experience in federal, state, and local governments; academia; and non-profit and advocacy organizations. The EPA team also reflects the Biden-Harris commitment to diversity. Additional members of the EPA appointee team will be named in the days and weeks to come.
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TAGGED FOR EPA: Michael Regan has been named by the Biden Administration to head EPA. His confirmation hearings are to begin soon. A large group of ag organizations are supporting his nomination. Incoming EPA staff not requiring Senate confirmation loaded with litigation experience in advancing environmental justice agenda.
A diverse group of 23 agricultural groups wrote Senate Environment and Public Works leaders in support of Michael Regan who’s been nominated to serve as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Currently, a nomination hearing date has not been set for Regan.
“As Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Michael Regan has an established record of listening to all stakeholders, including farmers and ranchers,” states the letter to incoming EPW Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., and Ranking Member Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va. “During his tenure, he has worke