Climate Politics
Lee Zeldin Touts EPA Rollbacks at Climate Denial Conference
The EPA administrator urged attendees to “celebrate vindication” amid the Trump administration’s deregulatory push.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at the White House in February.
Photographer: Will Oliver/EPALee Zeldin touted his deregulatory record as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency before the staunchest supporters of his policies. The EPA chief, who has been floated as a possible pick for attorney general, was the keynote speaker at a climate denial conference put on by the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that has likened people worried about climate change to the Unabomber.
The speech underscored the radical change at the EPA under President Donald Trump compared to his predecessor’s efforts to cut emissions.