Regan, who currently runs North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, will be the second Black EPA administrator.
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Michael Regan to serve as his Environmental Protection Agency administrator, multiple news outlets reported Thursday, making the North Carolina-based regulator the first Black man to run the country’s top environmental agency if he’s confirmed — the latest in a string of climate-focused picks in Biden’s administration. Regan is not new to the EPA. He previously worked at the agency for nearly a decade during President Bill Clinton and George W.
