The top US environment official has defended the White House’s push for increased oil production, saying it is still “compatible” with President Joe Biden’s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift away from fossil fuels.
“I don’t think the goals are mutually exclusive,” said Michael Regan, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in an interview with the Financial Times ahead of a trip to Europe to co-chair a meeting of OECD environment ministers.
Clean energy investment could coexist alongside greater crude production, Regan insisted. The administration remained focused on providing “certainty” to investors to push forward renewable development, he said. “We will continue to walk and chew gum at the same time.”
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