EPA Administrator Zeldin Tells Climate Skeptics to 'Celebrate Vindication' After Repeal of Endangerment Finding
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the Trump administration's decision to repeal the 2009 'endangerment finding,' a legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, during a keynote address at a Heartland Institute conference. Addressing climate change skeptics, Zeldin declared it a day of 'vindication' against decades of what he termed unthinking adherence to liberal environmental policies. The repeal marks a significant policy reversal, with the EPA now claiming it lacks authority to regulate climate change and rolling back dozens of air and water protections. While Heartland President James Taylor hailed Zeldin as the 'greatest EPA administrator ever,' environmental groups like the Environmental Defense Fund condemned the appearance as promoting disinformation and abandoning public health obligations. Critics argue this move ignores rising extreme weather risks, whereas the administration insists it is returning focus to 'gold standard science' over 'doomsday models.' Zeldin, a former congressman widely considered for Attorney General, emphasized that the era of the EPA serving as a vehicle for radical ideology is over.
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EPA Administrator Zeldin Tells Climate Skeptics to 'Celebrate Vindication' After Repeal of Endangerment Finding
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defended the Trump administration's decision to repeal the 2009 'endangerment finding,' a legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, during a keynote address at a Heartland Institute conference. Addressing climate change skeptics, Zeldin declared it a day of 'vindication' against decades of what he termed unthinking adherence to liberal environmental policies. The repeal marks a significant policy reversal, with the EPA now claiming it lacks authority to regulate climate change and rolling back dozens of air and water protections. While Heartland President James Taylor hailed Zeldin as the 'greatest EPA administrator ever,' environmental groups like the Environmental Defense Fund condemned the appearance as promoting disinformation and abandoning public health obligations. Critics argue this move ignores rising extreme weather risks, whereas the administration insists it is returning focus to 'gold standard science' over 'doomsday models.' Zeldin, a former congressman widely considered for Attorney General, emphasized that the era of the EPA serving as a vehicle for radical ideology is over.
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