Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday signed an executive order with new emissions-reduction goals and calling for new ways to reach carbon neutrality, prioritize environmental justice and develop clean energy transportation options.
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Incoming EPA chief vows ‘sense of urgency on climate’ Source: By Daniel Cusick, E&E News reporter • Posted: Monday, December 21, 2020
Michael Regan, the nominee for EPA administrator, spoke at an event Saturday with President-elect Joe Biden and other members of the administration’s climate team. Biden Transition Tv Via Cnp/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom
Michael Regan on Saturday gave his first speech as the presumptive head of EPA, and his brief remarks were transformative both for the 44-year-old Black man who grew up in the shadow of the 1950s-era H.F. Lee power plant in North Carolina, and for the battered federal agency he is poised to inherit.