The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Michael Regan as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which will play a central role in the Biden administration climate change agenda. The bipartisan tally in the Democratic-led Senate was 66-34 to confirm Regan. President Joe Biden’s executive orders has set goals to zero out emissions from power plants by 2035, revamp vehicle efficiency standards, accelerate the deployment of electric cars, and address methane emissions from oil and gas operations. Regan, 44, was the head of North Carolina’s environmental regulator. At his confirmation hearing, he was introduced by North Carolina’s two Republican senators and stressed that he will work with every state to ensure that their concerns about the transition to cleaner energy are heard. Republicans have said they are worried a rapid shift away from fossil fuels would kill jobs and stunt economic growth in the world’s top …