Michael Regan

Moving forward on a pledge to restore “scientific integrity,” the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Regan, is reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many academic scientists from key advisory boards in favor of industry figures. Regan was formerly the secretary of North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development and North Carolina regulator Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, picking up the pace for confirmations in President Joe Biden's Cabinet.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has again picked a veteran leader from the Environmental Defense Fund to become his environment secretary. Michael Regan, who previously held the position, is poised to become the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

A Senate committee has endorsed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, setting up a vote in the full Senate.

Regan is the top environmental regulator for North Carolina. He would be first African-American man to run EPA, and he would oversee much of the federal government's response to climate change.

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday offered the leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency to Michael S. Regan, a North Carolina regulator who has made a name pursuing cleanups of industrial toxins and helping low-income and minority communities hit hardest by pollution.