The former Republican congressperson selected by Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, has the backing of a religious-right fracking billionaire from Texas.

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Many of Trump’s anti-environmental and climate policies will likely be tempered at home and abroad by states, governments and ...

By tapping former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump opted to ...

“It is an honor to join President Trump’s Cabinet as EPA Administrator,” Zeldin wrote on X. “We will restore U.S. energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make ...

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Maryland League of Conservation Voters leader Kim Coble hopes an economic message will be one way to defend environmental ...

The EPA on Tuesday announced a final rule to charge oil and gas companies for emissions, but opponents say it could face obstacles under the incoming GOP administration.

“Lee’s vision for the EPA focuses on economic growth while protecting our environment,” Mr. LaLota wrote in a post to X ...

“During the confirmation process, we would challenge Lee Zeldin to show how he would be better than Trump’s campaign promises ...

Zeldin is a Trump loyalist, and Trump has already promised to gut any regulations that the oil industry doesn't like.

The selection of Lee Zeldin — a devoted Trump ally with no meaningful environmental expertise — to head the Environmental ...