Regan, the first Black man to lead the nation’s environmental agency, was chosen by President Joe Biden after serving as secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality. He is leaving shortly before President-elect Donald Trump is to be sworn in on Jan. 20.

Michael Regan said Friday he will be leaving the agency Dec. 31, about three weeks before Biden’ leaves office.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to step down on Dec. 31 after overseeing widespread efforts by the administration of President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants.

Michael Regan, the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Joe Biden, has announced that he will be leaving the agency on December 31, about three weeks before Biden leaves office.

Current and former members of President Biden's White House told the Wall Street Journal that they saw evidence of Biden's waning energy even in 2021.

The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure to dole out tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to a left-wing nonprofit that advocates for defunding the police, prison abolition and the “liberation” of Palestinian territories before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

In a bittersweet exit, N.C. A&T alumnus Michael Regan, the first Black man to head the Environmental Protection Agency, will step down three weeks early. Regan’s last day on the

In one of its last major actions on climate, the Biden administration Wednesday finalized a key waiver allowing California to set its own vehicle pollution controls – effectively allowing the nation’s most populous state to implement its 2035 ban on selling new gasoline cars.

In the closing weeks of his presidency, Joe Biden set ambitious CO2 emissions targets and approved billions for EVs before Donald Trump takes over.

The Biden administration has authorized California ... which together account for roughly 30% of the American vehicle market. EPA Administrator Michael Regan stressed the approval was aligned with U.S. law that has for decades given California special ...

The rule required a waiver from federal regulators under the Clean Air Act. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan granted that waiver Wednesday, allowing the state to gradually roll out its zero-emission plan over the next 11 years. The rollout will require ...

The approval also represents one of the most sweeping climate policy moves by President Joe Biden, helping burnish his green bona ... EPA Administrator Michael Regan stressed the approval was aligned with US law that has for decades given California ...