Long Islander Lee Zeldin was thrust into the national spotlight when Trump appointed him administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Trump EPA is arguing that since greenhouse gases only become a pollutant at a global level, and since U.S. power plant greenhouse gas emissions are a tiny fraction of global emissions, U.S ...

Under Trump, the EPA has created fact sheets that emphasize the costs but not the benefits of the rules. A crew works on a coal barge Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Evansville, Ind. Credit: AP/Joshua ...

The power plant rules are among about 30 environmental regulations that Zeldin targeted in March when he announced what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history.”.

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal ...

FILE - 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 ...

Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants By MATTHEW DALY , Associated Press Updated June 11, 2025 6:20 p.m.

In its proposed regulation, the Trump EPA argues that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from fossil fuel-fired power plants “do not contribute significantly to dangerous pollution” or ...

Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants By MATTHEW DALY , Associated Press Updated June 11, 2025 7:20 p.m.