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If confirmed by the Senate, Regan would be the first African American man to run the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency regulates pollution released by cars and trucks, industrial facilities, oil and gas wells, and power plants, and keeps track of U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
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When the U.S. originally helped broker [the Paris climate accord] in 2015, the federal government promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about one-quarter by 2025, compared with 2005 levels. The U.S. is no longer on track to achieve that target after the Trump administration rolled back limits on emissions from cars and trucks, power plants and fossil fuel facilities, and loosened efficiency standards for household appliances.
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[Regan] helped negotiate a plan to reduce power plant emissions in North Carolina by 70% in the next decade, and said he thinks the country as a whole could meet, or even exceed, a similar target. Regan also said that protecting drinking water and working for environmental justice should be priorities for the EPA under the Biden administration.