Michael Regan

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.