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Zeldin grilled by Democrats on climate change, Trump’s stance on carbon emissions during EPA hearing
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EPA Nominee Zeldin Says Climate Change Is Real, Agency Shouldn't Suffocate Economy
Trump EPA nominee Zeldin vows to protect environment, but sidesteps ‘existential threat’ of climate change
Under tough questioning Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the EPA, affirmed a belief in climate change while pledging strict interpretation of the country’s environmental laws.
Long Island environmentalists offered mixed reviews of Lee Zeldin's answers during his Senate confirmation hearing for EPA administrator.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Zeldin will appear Thursday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is promising to preserve a clean environment "without suffocating the economy."
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told senators Thursday that climate change is real but that other nations are not doing enough to cut their carbon emissions.
Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.
Lee Zeldin appeared before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for his confirmation hearing Thursday, the step before he would become the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill. Nominated for: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Two Rhode Island men have been convicted of murdering a pregnant woman and dumping her body in a Coventry pond.
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