Lee Zeldin didn’t ask to head EPA. Here’s why Trump picked him.
He was a moderate Republican congressman from New York. Now he’s a MAGA loyalist poised to lead a key environmental agency.
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‘Ferocious competitor’: What Lee Zeldin’s former colleagues say about him
POLITICO's E&E News spoke to 15 former colleagues of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head EPA, former New York ...
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Future Implications of Trump administration’s pick for the EPA: Lee Zeldin
Donald Trump has nominated Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA, potentially rolling back key climate protections. What will the country’s key environmental agency look like under his leadership?
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Lee Zeldin’s PAC kept taking donations after EPA nod
The actions by the president-elect's pick for EPA administrator could raise ethical concerns, one watchdog said.
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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s Pick for EPA, Meets with Senators
Like Trump, Zeldin opposes the Paris Agreement, and as a candidate for N.Y. governor, he pledged to overturn a ban on ...
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Senate Republican: Zeldin ‘getting up to speed’ on EPA
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for administrator is studying past confirmation hearings. Chris Wright, pick for the ...
Trump promises ‘fully expedited' permits for investors of $1 billion-plus in US
The Truth Social post signals Trump's aim to deregulate federal agencies, undo Biden-era environmental rules, and attract ...
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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’
Lee Zeldin, the rising Jewish Republican star tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection ...
Bomb threat at Lee Zeldin's home probed by Suffolk police, officials say
It's apparently part of what the Trump transition team said is a spate of threats against cabinet nominees and administration ...
Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Kari Lake, Kimberly Guilfoyle And Jacob Helberg Are Latest Picks
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece and Silicon Valley China hawk Jacob ...
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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s EPA Pick, Brings a Moderate Face to a Radical Game Plan
By tapping former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump opted to put his planned radical rollback of climate policy in the hands of a ...
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EPA nominee Lee Zeldin has backed environmental causes, but not all are convinced
Then-Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) arranged the event after Long Island officials and local environmental activists complained that the only federal hearing on the 2018 presidential executive order ...