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Biden picks former EPA chief Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar

McCarthy heads the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has sued the Trump administration more than 100 times

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December 15, 2020 at 8:13 p.m. EST
Gina McCarthy during an interview at her office in the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington, D.C., in 2015 when she was serving as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (Joshua Yospyn for The Washington Post)

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Gina McCarthy, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama and now leads a major advocacy group, to coordinate the new administration’s domestic climate agenda from a senior perch at the White House.

Three individuals familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the decision had not been publicly announced, confirmed that the final decision had been made to tap McCarthy for the post.