EPA administrator and NAACP president travel to Africa for mission promoting climate equity

Environmental Protection Agency’s Michael Regan and NAACP’s Derrick Johnson will go to Mozambique and Ghana to build partnerships on the continent.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan will travel to Africa with NAACP President Derrick Johnson to promote climate equity, theGrio exclusively reports.

Regan, the first Black man to run the EPA, and Johnson will meet with government officials and stakeholders in Mozambique and Ghana to build partnerships and share solutions on several environmental priorities like developing clean energy and protecting clean air.

“I’m excited to be going on this mission representing the Biden-Harris administration,” Regan said of the U.S. trip from Jan. 22-29. The mission will serve as the next step in President Joe Biden’s call to action at the


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Gerren Keith Gaynor is a White House Correspondent and the Managing Editor of Politics at theGrio. He is based in Washington, D.C.

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