The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is questioning the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, in a confirmation hearing Thursday.
With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk. Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump,
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reverse dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental rules and policies. But some could be difficult to dismantle.
The authors write "The United States will soon have the presidency and both houses of Congress controlled by a political party whose official, 2024 national platform embraces increasing gas and oil production and eliminating policies designed to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.
President-elect Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary, sat for a largely cordial hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on
Zeldin said, if confirmed, that he’d foster collaboration and balance in his approach to carrying out the mission of the EPA.
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
In a “paradigm shift in environmental liability,” some states are seeking to legislate financial responsibility on large coal and oil & gas
Allies say the president's clean energy and environmental justice achievements will last. But he leaves behind no solution for the nation's fossil fuel reliance.
Los Angeles, where Hollywood’s apocalyptic fantasies are conjured, now stands as a tableau of real-life devastation