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Michael Regan

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals

For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success.

By Lisa Sorg

People wade through PFAS-contaminated sea foam at North Carolina’s Holden Beach in October 2022. Credit: Clean Cape Fear
A solar array is installed at an apartment complex in Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Logan Cyrus/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Inspired N.C. Republicans Target Environmental Justice, Clean Energy Jobs and Programs

By Lisa Sorg

President Joe Biden receives an operational briefing from EPA officials on the response and recovery effort at the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site on Feb. 16. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents Affected by the East Palestine Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met

By Kiley Bense

Smoke billows from a chemical plant in the "cancer alley" area Oct. 12, 2013. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

For the First Time in Nearly Two Decades, the EPA Announces New Rules to Limit Toxic Air Pollutants From Chemical and Plastics Plants

By James Bruggers

EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices. Advocates Say It’s a Good Start

By Aman Azhar

Robert Taylor, executive director of the Concerned Citizens of St. John (right) speaks with EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he meets with members of the Concerned Citizens of St. John during his “Journey to Justice” tour. Photo courtesy of the EPA

EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

By Victoria St. Martin

Piles of coal ash are dumped next to coal ash pond in Dumfries, Virginia, on Jan. 7, 2016. which is filled with roughly 150 million gallon of contaminated water. Credit: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable

By James Bruggers

Two swan chicks remained on the Charles River with their father as of late June. Credit: Derrick Z. Jackson

A Watershed Moment: How Boston’s Charles River Went From Polluted to Pristine

By Derrick Z. Jackson

Then-nominee for EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, speaks at the Queen theater on Dec. 19, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

Dismissing Trump’s EPA Science Advisors, Regan Says the Agency Will Return to a ‘Fair and Transparent Process’

By Marianne Lavelle

Former California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols was rumored to be a top candidate for EPA Administrator in the Biden Administration. But after attacks on Nichols’ record on environmental justice, Michael Regan was nominated for the post. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’

By Katie Surma

U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees

By James Bruggers, David Hasemyer, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle

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