Climate Director Joins NC Environmental Defense Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Michael Regan, 919-881-2917
Georgette Shepherd, 919-881-2927
(Raleigh, NC - March 26, 2008) North Carolina Environmental Defense Fund has named Michael Regan as Southeast climate and air policy manager.
Regan spent the last decade with the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, and Research Triangle Park, NC. Most recently he was a national program manager focusing on multi-pollutant emission reduction strategies, energy efficiency, climate change, and the implementation of market-based solutions to improve air quality.
A native of Goldsboro, NC, Regan received a BS in Earth and Environmental Science from NC Agricultural and Technical State University and a MA in public administration from George Washington University, Washington, DC.
With more than 3 million members, Environmental Defense Fund creates transformational solutions to the most serious environmental problems. To do so, EDF links science, economics, law, and innovative private-sector partnerships to turn solutions into action. edf.org
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