Growing up in eastern North Carolina and attending North Carolina A&T State University, EPA Administrator Michael Regan is no stranger to the disproportionate effects of air pollution in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. After graduating from A&T, he landed an internship at the EPA, and as a full-circle moment, he was sworn in as the 16th Administrator March 11, 2021. Administrator Regan sits down with Rev Yearwood to discuss the EPA's plans for environmental justice and how his personal and professional life experiences prepared him for this moment to transform the Agency and work to protect communities of color. He aims to ensure that the EPA's work is done through a justice and equity lens.

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