Name: EPA nominee was 'fierce protector' of NC's environment
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Description: President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday offered the leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency to Michael 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.

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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday offered the leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency to Michael 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.

WE WILL SHOW YOU WHEN WE WILL SEE THAT RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MIKE. >>> NORTH CAROLINA'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL IS POIS ED  TO MAKE HISTORY. MICHAEL REGAN WAS NOMINATED TODAY BY PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN TO LEAD THE EPA. LAURA LESLIE REPORTS HE WOULD BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE TO HOLD THAT POSITION >> Reporter: MICHAEL REGAN WORKED  AS AN EPA AIR QUALITY REGULATOR  FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS UNDER PRESIDENTS CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH. AFTER THAT HE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AT THE ENVIRONMENT DEFENSE FUND. >> AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE IN NORTH CAROLINA, I WILL SORELY MISS HAVING MICHAEL AS OUR SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENT. HE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING LEADER FOR OUR STATE. >> Reporter: REGAN AND THE MCA ALUMNI BECOME PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EQUALITY AND EXCAVATED 76 MILLION TONS OF COAL ASH FROM LAGOONS AROUND THE STATE AND HAS BEEN GOVERNOR COOPER'S POINT MAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SEEKING TO MAKE THE STATE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050 AND TRANSITIONED TO A CLEAN EMERGENCY ECONOMY, SOMETHING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN SAID HE WILL PRIORITIZE. >> THE PLAN WAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE ON CLEAN ENERGY THAT THE STATE HAS SEEN. THANKS TO IT WE ARE POSITIONED TO TAKE REALLY MEANINGFUL ACTION HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> Reporter: IF HE IS CONCERNED BY THE  U.S. SENATE HE WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO LEAD THE EPA. LISA JACKSON WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THE JOB. NOT KNOWN AS A POLITICAL PARTISAN, REGAN HAS BEEN RESPECTED  BY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS AS WELL AS DEMOCRATS . HAD. >> THAT WAS LAURA LESLIE REPORTING . HE IS ALSO KNOWN

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