President Joe Biden rebuilt EPA and put it at the center of some his administration’s ambitious policy goals, landmark work that now is left vulnerable under his successor in the White House, Donald Trump.
The Biden administration marked a history-making chapter for the nation’s premier environmental agency, as it took in tens of billions of dollars in new funding, hired thousands of employees, and churned out far-reaching regulations on air and water as well as climate change and chemicals.
It was a sharp U-turn from the previous administration, and the agency looks set for another 180 after the president-elect is inaugurated next week.
“What the Biden administration did is probably the most aggressive, most impactful climate agenda ever, and EPA was a significant piece of that,” said Carol Browner, EPA’s longest serving administrator who served during the Clinton administration.
