NYU Climate Lawyer Picked to Lead Biden’s Regulations Office (1)

President Joe Biden will nominate environmental law attorney Richard Revesz to lead the White House’s regulations office, which hasn’t had a permanent leader in nearly two years.

If confirmed, the New York University law professor would lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a team that wields tremendous power over how federal agencies execute the president’s agenda.

A law professor for more than 30 years who once clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Revesz specializes in climate change and regulation. He supports a traditional approach to evaluating regulations, a technique that has been criticized by progressive members ...