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18 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read
President-elect Joe Biden named the team he wants to spearhead his response to climate change. Take a look in this thread 👇 reut.rs/2Wonrqf
Michael Regan, a North Carolina environment official, is Biden's pick to run the EPA. He would be the first Black man to run the agency reut.rs/2Wonrqf
Representative Deb Haaland is Biden's choice to head up the interior department. She would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary, in a department whose jurisdiction includes tribal lands reut.rs/2Wonrqf
Gina McCarthy, the former EPA chief, was chosen to lead a new office focused on global warming reut.rs/2Wonrqf
Biden chose former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to run the energy department reut.rs/2Wonrqf

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