Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses President-elect Joe Biden’s choices for key federal government environmental jobs. That includes the choice of Michael Regan from North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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