Biden’s Oil Country EPA Chief Builds Bridges With GOP, Industry

The new head of the EPA’s Southwest region is vowing to hold polluters accountable, even as she inherits a role in the nation’s oil and gas epicenter represented by congressional Republicans who have been critical of her agency.

As the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6, Earthea Nance finds herself walking a fine line. Much of her background has focused on environmental justice and community assistance—priorities that still rank high on her list—but she also must work with an entrenched oil industry that concentrates on economic growth.

To handle that challenge, Nance told Bloomberg Law ...