Reuters Quotes Stacey Mitchell on Biden Pick to Lead EPA

Akin Gump environment and natural resources partner Stacey Mitchell has been quoted in the Reuters Daily Docket newsletter in the article “Lawyers prepare for climate-focused EPA under Biden-pick Regan.” Mitchell offered her thoughts on President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reuters reports that Mr. Biden selected North Carolina’s top environmental regulator Michael Regan for the position of EPA Administrator. Mitchell commented that Regan “can be expected to be primarily focused on President-elect Biden’s priority to combat climate change. To achieve that goal, EPA will need to revise standards for [greenhouse gas] emissions at power plants, which will not be simply a return to the Obama EPA’s Clean Power Plan and will require a more ambitious target.”