Biden's climate team is all lined up and ready to run. "Today’s nominees are ready on day one, which is essential because we literally have no time to waste,” Biden said at recently at an event in Wilmington, Del.
They will indeed have a lot to do. They'll have to stop the progress of oil leases on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lands. They'll have to hunt down and counter all the self-dealing and friend-dealing rules put in place in the last four years. Not least, they'll have to smooth the way for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords.
The six people aren't well-known by those who aren't deep into environmentalism, but to that bunch, they're a great group.
Some require confirmation -- Biden bypassed one star lawyer from California, Mary Nichols, who might be too controversial. Others might meet friction during confirmation, such as Regan and Haaland.
That said, here are the climate heroes of the next administration:
-- Ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm for Energy secretary -- Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) will be Interior secretary. Her nomination has a lot of people rejoicing, and not just because she is the first Native American in that position.
-- Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy is the new National Climate Adviser, with a New York State environmental official, Ali Zaidi, as her deputy
-- Michael Regan, a North Carolina regulator, for EPA administrator -- Longtime environmental lawyer Brenda Mallory as chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
We wish them luck and quick progress!
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/19/biden-climate-team-announcement-448717
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