Zeldin has little experience heading an agency. Former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican and President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Declaring climate change “real,” former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin faced questions Thursday from senators as part of his bid to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Republicans ...

NEW YORK-- Ex-New York congressman Lee Zeldin got mixed reviews from Long Island environmentalists after his Senate confirmation hearing to become President-elect Donald Trump's Environmental ...

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday. Trump's nominee to lead the ...

What does this role do? Advises on climate and environmental issues and enforces environmental laws. Here's what happened at the hearing Zeldin declined to say how the Trump administration might try ...

You might know them from: He's a former Republican congressman from New York's Long Island area. More about Zeldin: He was part of the U.S. House of Representatives' Climate Solutions Caucus, a ...

Breaking with President-elect Trump, EPA lead nominee Lee Zeldin confirmed his belief in climate change during Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing when questioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection ...

Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy,” Lee Zeldin said during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency ...

She also questioned Lee Zeldin, Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, as a Senate Environment & Public Works Committee member. Alsobrooks focused on the Chesapeake Bay ...

President-elect Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, appears poised to be able to carry out the significant level of climate and environmental ...

Lee Zeldin, a former US congressman from New York, has committed to Trump's campaign pledges of boosting US energy dominance and rolling back environmental regulations enacted under President Joe ...