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

Trump went on to claim that Americans have “lost trust in the CDC” and federal health authorities, baselessly claiming that they “engaged in censorship, data manipulation, and misinformation.” ...

Trump EPA moves to roll back rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives Associated Press Thursday, June 5, 2025 11:25 a.m. | Thursday, June 5, 2025 11:25 a.m. Go Ad-Free Today!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 7:20 p.m.