I believe that climate change is real," Lee Zeldin told senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He added that environmental policies should not hamper economic growth.

Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy,” Lee Zeldin said during his Senate confirmation ... Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, for example, asked about basic climate science, including what effect carbon dioxide ...

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.

A big part of this will require building private sector collaboration to promote common sense, smart regulation.” It was a mostly friendly hearing that occasionally grew pointed when Democrats questioned Zeldin about climate change asking what,

The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 on Wednesday to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley to serve as head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump’s administration. As EPA Administrator,

Former East End Congressman Lee Zeldin, who championed issues affecting Long Island's coastline as a congressman but has long been critical of federal policies on encouraging electric vehicles and a supporter of President Donald Trump,

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, which he promised lawmakers to make more business friendly.

Zeldin, 44, is from New York. He served eight years in Congress and lost a race for governor in 2022. He is expected to push deregulation.

The appointment of former Rep. Lee Zeldin as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was confirmed by the Senate yesterday in a largely party-line vote. Every Republican and

The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations,

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island): “Briefly and in layman terms—I know you’re not a scientific expert—what effect are carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion having in the atmosphere?” Lee Zeldin: “Senator, well ...