{"id":86344,"date":"2025-02-13T19:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/why-trump-picked-lee-zeldin-to-lead-the-environmental-protection-agency\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T19:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:59:45","slug":"why-trump-picked-lee-zeldin-to-lead-the-environmental-protection-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=86344","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump Picked Lee Zeldin to Lead the Environmental Protection Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"article-title-block_ddb977614a54f60b11c0b4915b5a0c09\" class=\"article-title \">\n<div class=\"article-title__container\">\n<div class=\"article-title__eyebrow\">\n                            <span class=\"article-title__labels\"><br \/>\n                                        <span class=\"article-title__label\"><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/subject\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <span class=\"article-title__label-divider\"> \/ <\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <span class=\"article-title__label\"><br \/>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/content\/studentnation\/\">StudentNation<\/a><br \/>\n                                        <\/span><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                    <span class=\"article-title__label-divider\"> \/ <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                            <span class=\"article-title__date\">November 18, 2024<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-nation-dek article-title__dek\">\n<p>With a Republican majority in Congress and Zeldin promising to \u201cderegulate\u201d the EPA, the new Trump administration will prioritize fossil fuel interests over environmental protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad-block ad siderail-ad float-r-w-3 break-r-4\">\n<p>                                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\" class=\"ad-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Ad Policy<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-275x173.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-810x510.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-340x215.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-168x106.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-382x240.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-Lee-Zeldin-793x500.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with former Republican representative from New York Lee Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credits\">(Chip Somodevilla \/ Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside id=\"aside-block-block_0101d6ef034362f72fabbc9d6907218d\" class=\"aside-block  float-l-w-2\">\n    <span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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If you\u2019re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: rgb(102 102 102\/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255 255 255\/var(--tw-bg-opacity));\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-size: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255 255 255 \/ var(--tw-bg-opacity));\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#2959405d4a414c5a695d414c47485d4046474f5c474d07465b4e\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"63130a17000b061023170b060d02170a0c0d05160d074d0c1104\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/a><span style=\"color: #666666;\"\/><span style=\"color: #666666;\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In 2019, then-Representative for New York\u2019s District 1 Lee Zeldin voted against extending the moratorium on offshore drilling on the Florida Gulf Coast. That same year, he voted against another bill that would have protected the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from new oil and gas leases.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin\u2019s voting history from over 15 years in Congress\u2014before running an unsuccessful New York gubernatorial campaign in 2022\u2014shows his unwavering allegiance to fossil fuel interests. And given this record, it\u2019s obvious why an avid climate change denier like Donald Trump would pick Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>But the youth-led climate action organization Sunrise Movement, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunrisemvmt\/status\/1856445760021111244\">statement<\/a> posted on X, called Zeldin\u2019s \u201cloyalty to Trump\u201d his main qualification for the job, while emphasizing that his record includes \u201cslashing the EPA\u2019s budget, opposing climate action, and denying climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a steady, experienced hand at EPA to marshal federal resources to fight climate change and utilize the full power of the law to protect communities from toxic pollution. Lee Zeldin is not that person,\u201d Abigail Dillen, president of the environmental law organization Earthjustice, said in a statement. \u201cHis loyalty to Donald Trump indicates he will gladly take a sledgehammer to EPA\u2019s most recent life-saving regulations, putting politics over science and endangering our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his first term, Trump famously pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and overturned more than 100 environmental rules, including opening up 18.6 million acres of the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration and exempting fossil fuels companies from reporting methane emissions. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, who campaigned on environmental slogans like \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d and promises to roll back President Joe Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act\u2014the single largest federal clean-energy investment in history\u2014is poised to overhaul even more environmental regulations in his second term. With a Republican majority in Congress and Zeldin promising to \u201cderegulate\u201d the EPA, Trump\u2019s vision could very well come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the pick, Trump called Zeldin \u201ca true fighter for America First policies,\u201d who would \u201censure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"current-issue-block_77e93d35bf1fb19ecec4573027f0e68a\" class=\"current-issue  float-l-w-2\">\n<h4 class=\"current-issue__title\">\n                    Current Issue<br \/>\n            <\/h4>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/issue\/march-2025-issue\/\" class=\"current-issue__cover\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cover0325.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of March 2025 Issue\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump-appointed conservative majority on the Supreme Court has already diminished the EPA\u2019s regulatory power over the last few years, overturning the Chevron doctrine and pausing the EPA\u2019s \u201cgood neighbor\u201d rule, which limited air pollution emitted from industrial sites.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin is poised to roll back more of the EPA\u2019s regulatory power, using the agency as a vehicle for protecting fossil fuel interests over environmental protection, writing on X: \u201cWe will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI. We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin\u2019s claim that he will \u201cprotect access to clean air and water,\u201d however, reads more as an afterthought. Restoring American energy dominance is code for expanding domestic fossil fuel production, but Zeldin\u2019s anti-environment agenda becomes even more clear when we take a closer look at his reverence for artificial intelligence, which is fueled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/10\/nx-s1-5028558\/artificial-intelligences-thirst-for-electricity\">massive amounts of electricity<\/a>. In fact, AI was a huge factor in Google\u2019s emissions\u2019 rising by nearly 50 percent in the last five years, despite the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.google\/operating-sustainably\/net-zero-carbon\/\">net-zero goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the EPA we have the ability to pursue energy dominance, to be able to make the United States the artificial intelligence capital of the world, to bring back American jobs to the auto industry and so much more,\u201d Zeldin told Fox News. During the first 100 days, he said, \u201cwe have the opportunity to roll back regulations that are forcing businesses to be able to struggle; they\u2019re forced to cut costs internally; they are moving overseas all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cta-block_300d0b9c4a662beb7035943c32f5d478\" class=\"cta float-l-w-3\">\n<p>Zeldin received a dismal score of 14 percent from the League of Conservation Voters for repeatedly voting in favor of fossil fuel expansion, slashing environmental funding, rescinding US participation in international climate change politics, and voting against disaster aid to Puerto Rico post\u2013Hurricane Maria. In 2014, Zeldin said that he was \u201cnot sold yet on the whole argument that we have as serious a problem\u201d in response to rising global temperatures. In 2018, Zeldin said that he did not support US participation in the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after Trump\u2019s victory in the 2024 US presidential election, the European Union\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service declared 2024 \u201cvirtually certain\u201d to have been the hottest year on record. This year was also the first in which global temperatures surpassed the climate threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels\u2014the critical point at which climate change impacts are dramatically amplified, leading to severe ecosystem disruption and more extreme weather events like heat waves and hurricanes. The United States has already experienced this in the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Helene and a record-breaking California wildfire season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump made his anti-climate action, anti-environment agenda very clear during his first term and again during his 2024 campaign. During the confirmation process, we would challenge Lee Zeldin to show how he would be better than Trump\u2019s campaign promises or his own failing <a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.Hz02mx6XGx9M9RsRegMjClry4rNbaPPM90l3cxWqh1ChTUFeP-2BL4UmIxqwyCAT5AgykE1jC-2FGSVDBZnijnylmg-3D-3DQKSE_Qgcif3Jq8lU7Nwpk8NwDWjw8sfA6UvqkrInIcc-2FYwAPOry7uq04TinB-2F8JN1WUPoEVDsOHs-2BJ9bGt9AYGsosRmpsFkWU9ztTl-2BVAIqucTjYIrF0Y4Jyg7dh0NMwXsrs0JiIcS1baygHaQNSvN3nLopuGPjtTK4UyCUbYEL6A2yNxa5gQDkrkibpX-2F3gHF9JkuqRBgoHP58m90DGtOr7Hi36zoYB8Gf7RhY8BA52MvnEIapgejZrAaHwuImL8sZnIkHbH2eC9Pv2IVm1hZwtWljou4LQf1fzDwJgd9e0fVRo4wfK6Kg1w0qNHlClRt0whRTEbAk2rdosD825INmv5SJxvY5s7ti7iZdk9HWTfrRmnd2EX3U4tXCXXmSXoXYYc\">14 percent environmental score<\/a> if he wants to be charged with protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and finding solutions to climate change,\u201d LCV senior vice president for government affairs Tiernan Sittenfelt said in a statement Monday. \u201cThe stakes for our climate and future generations could not be higher, and we\u2019re all in to fight for our communities and defend the climate, clean energy, and environmental justice progress we have made.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-end-\" class=\"article-end \">\n<div class=\"article-end__authors\">\n<div class=\"article-end__author\">\n<h5 class=\"article-end__author-name\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/amber-x-chen\/\">Amber X. Chen<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/h5>\n<div class=\"article-end__author-bio\">\n<p>Amber X. Chen is a 2024 Puffin student writing fellow focusing on climate change for <em>The Nation<\/em>. She is a sophomore at UC Berkeley. Her writing has also appeared in <em>The Guardian<\/em>, <em>Atmos Magazine<\/em>, <em>Los Angeles Public Press<\/em>, <em>Teen Vogue<\/em>, the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>, and <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- Tag ID: thenation_incontent_2 --><\/p>\n<section class=\"collections collections--col-0\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<h2 class=\"collections__title\">More from <span class=\"not-italic\">The Nation<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"collection__row\">\n<div class=\"collections__card   \">\n            <a class=\"collections__card-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/environment\/trump-journalism-climate-newsrooms\/\" aria-label=\"How Journalists Can Stand Up to Trump\u2019s Bluster\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"collections__card-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-275x173.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-810x510.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-340x215.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-168x106.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-382x240.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty-793x500.jpg 793w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-reporters-getty.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 2, 2025, as he returns to the White House from Florida.\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"collections__card-content\">\n<p class=\"dek\">\nNewsroom layoffs make it harder, but reporters must keep telling the truth about climate change.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"knockout \">\n<p>                                                                <a class=\"collections__author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/mark-hertsgaard\/\">Mark Hertsgaard<\/a>                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collections__card   \">\n            <a class=\"collections__card-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/environment\/north-carolina-mutual-aid-hurricane-helene\/\" aria-label=\"The People in Charge Won\u2019t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. 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