EPA’s Regan Lays Out Vision of Collaboration With Industry

EPA Administrator Michael Regan sketched out a vision of collaboration with industry to skeptical Republican lawmakers during a Wednesday Senate hearing.

Regan’s moderate tone seemed intended to reassure lawmakers that the Environmental Protection Agency has no intention of sidelining ethanol from its biofuels agenda, plunging ahead on tailpipe emissions rules without considering automakers’ ability to produce electric vehicles, or deploying new lower-carbon and lower-methane policies without taking input from the power sector.

Nevertheless, some Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voiced concerns that the Biden administration will impose a heavy-handed view of environmental extremism.

Sen. Dan Sullivan ...