Trump taps EPA Pacific Northwest boss

By Kevin Bogardus | 01/30/2025 01:35 PM EST

The administration is moving at speed to fill out its roster of 10 EPA regional administrators.

EPA headquarters flag and Emma Pokon

Emma Pokon has been chosen to be EPA Region 10 administrator. Francis Chung/POLITICO, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

President Donald Trump has chosen his EPA leader to watch over the Pacific Northwest.

Emma Pokon will be EPA Region 10 administrator. She is currently commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and has a long record handling environmental law and policy in the Last Frontier State.

“I can’t think of any Alaskan better suited to oversee federal environmental regulations and laws for Alaska than Emma Pokon,” said Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) in a statement Wednesday.

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Pokon said she was grateful to continue public service in her new position and looks forward “to working with EPA leadership and Region 10 to ensure balanced implementation of the nation’s environmental laws.”

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