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Biden introduces his climate team and says “no time to waste”

Wilmington, Delaware — Just as the United States needed a unified national response to COVID-19, it needed a response to address climate change, President-elect Joe Biden said on Saturday on the environmental team. He said he announced the key members. “There is literally no time to waste,” Biden told reporters and introduced his options. This approach is a transition from President Donald Trump, who is characterized by efforts to increase oil and gas production while retreating government efforts to protect the environment. .. The next Biden team will try to revoke or thwart many of the current administration’s initiatives. The focus will also be on paying attention to the low-income working class and minority communities that have been hit hardest by fossil fuel pollution and climate change. Biden emphasized the diversity of emerging teams, who said they were “excellent, qualified, tested and breaking barriers.” “Our cabinet has more people of color and more women than ever before,” said the former Vice President, who promised to bring together a group of sector leaders that reflect America’s diversity. Said. On Saturday, there was a compelling personal story quoted as guiding them if confirmed in the Senate. New Mexico Congressman Deb Haaland will be the first Native American to lead the Home Office, which has exerted influence over the country’s tribes for generations. She suffered from homelessness and at some point relied on food stamps. “Given the fact that the Secretary of the Interior once declared his goal, this moment is profound. It was to quote us,” civilize, or eradicate. ” “Harland said. “I’m a living testimony of that horrific ideological failure,” Harland mentioned Alexander HH Stuart, who said it in 1851. Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm will be Secretary of Energy. She said she had arrived At the age of four in the United States, her family brought her from Canada “in search of an opportunity.” She said her father found a job as a bank teller and retired as the head of the bank. “My family trip and the experience of fighting for a hard-working Michigan family made me crazy about getting a well-paid job in the United States in the global economy,” Granholm said. .. North Carolina’s official Michael Regan will be the first African man An American man who runs the Environmental Protection Agency Since 2017, Regan, the state’s environmental director, has pursued purification of industrial toxins and is heavily affected by pollution. It is well known for supporting low-income and minority communities. Regan hunts and fishes with his father and grandfather in North Carolina and has great respect for the outdoors and the country’s natural resources, but there are also respiratory conditions that require the use of inhalers. was. “Since the beginning of my career, my goals have been the same,” he said. “To protect our natural resources, improve air and water quality, protect families and communities, and enable them to understand the opportunities of a cleaner and healthier world.” Environmental quality. Byden’s candidate to oversee the council The Brenda Mallory office oversees environmental reviews of virtually all major infrastructure projects and advises the president on key environmental issues. If confirmed, she will be the first African-American to take up that position since it was founded more than half a century ago. Two other members of the team introduced on Saturday do not require Senate confirmation. They are Gina McCarthy, the country’s climate adviser, and Alisaidi on her behalf. McCarthy was an EPA administrator during the second term of President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. ____ Associated Press staff writers Eren Nick Meyer, Jill Corbin, and Matthew Daily contributed to this report.Associated Press Kevin Flaking