Former EPA policy advisor picked to lead Navy environmental programs

President Joe Biden will nominate Meredith Berger, an Obama-era EPA policy advisor and Navy deputy chief of staff, to lead the Navy’s environmental programs, as well as oversee its installations and its energy policy. Biden announced his intent to nominate Berger as Navy assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment, as part of a host of national security nominations he unveiled April 27. Berger joined the Obama administration in 2011 when she became a policy advisor at EPA, working on...