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Senate confirms Zeldin to lead EPA

The Associated Press on MSN · 15h

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead EPA as Trump vows to cut climate rules

The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles. The vote was 56-42 in Zeldin's favor.

UPI News on MSN · 4h

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as EPA administrator

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

USA TODAY on MSN · 15h

Senate confirms former NY congressman Lee Zeldin as Trump's EPA administrator

Zeldin, 44, is from New York. He served eight years in Congress and lost a race for governor in 2022. He is expected to push deregulation.

EPA, Science Review Board

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

EPA science advisers’ firings blasted as ‘politically motivated’

Left hanging are EPA reviews of lead, nitrogen oxides and ozone, three pollutants associated with serious health and environmental effects.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

EPA fires science advisers

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency's most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump's administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees.

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EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties

The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An ...

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New EPA chief Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda — and a plan to keep courts from overturning it

President Trump’s first executive orders faced court challenges barely before the ink had dried. But the former Long Island ...

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Interior, EPA set deadlines for staffers to return to the office

Employees should expect to be back in offices full time by Feb. 24, according to memos sent Friday. Interior Department and ...

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Los Angeles wildfires: California cities vow to ‘shut down’ EPA’s dumping site for ‘toxic’ waste

Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...

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Live updates: Trump rescinds federal aid freeze; RFK Jr. grilled at Senate hearing as Lee Zeldin is confirmed to head EPA

Follow live updates and news coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for RFK Jr. Stay up to date with real-time ...

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EPA says President Trump ordered agency to move quickly on Eaton fire’s toxic waste site in Azusa

The EPA set up a waste collection site in Lario Park in Azusa – without notifying residents in nearby cities – saying it was ...

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