Lee Zeldin

Lee Zeldin May 4

EPA chief Zeldin announces overhauls to bring agency back to Reagan-level staffing

The EPA is overhauling its staffing and offices to cut taxpayer funds going to the agency and to bring its workforce down to Reagan-era levels, Administrator Zeldin announced.

Opinion April 23

Congress can stop California's radical environmental mandates that hurt the entire nation

California's extreme electric vehicle mandates influence 18 other states that copy them. The left coast ends up setting extreme climate policies for the entire nation. We need to stop it.

San Diego April 22

EPA chief Zeldin launches talks with Mexico to end sewage hitting San Diego, Navy SEALs: 'Out of patience'

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to San Diego April 22, where he met with Navy SEAL vets and local leaders to assess a Mexican sewage crisis contaminating US waters.

US Navy April 21

Mexican sewage gushing into Navy SEAL training waters is US' 'next Camp Lejeune,' vets warn

Navy SEAL veterans are sounding the alarm on Mexican sewage that is spewing into U.S. waters in San Diego where SEALs train and have been left sickened.

US Environment April 16

EPA chief takes on Mexican 'sewage crisis' flowing into US waters where Navy SEALs train

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to visit San Diego Tuesday to view the Tijuana sewage problem leaking into US waters and meet with Navy SEALs who train there.

Lee Zeldin March 31

Zeldin shutters multimillion-dollar Biden EPA museum that 'scarcely' saw visitors

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the National Environmental Museum and Education Center will shutter after costing taxpayers millions under Biden administration,

US Environment March 27

Trump EPA chief to 'confront crisis' of Mexican sewage polluting San Diego area beaches

Lee Zeldin, who heads the EPA, will visit the California-Mexico border "in the near future" to inspect toxic sewage flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Tijuana.

Opinion March 25

LIZ PEEK: Trump, Zeldin bring a key ingredient to America’s 'green agenda'

EPA chief Lee Zeldin recently announced a reversal of "green" policies that were likely to put Detroit out of business and stymie our country’s dominance of 21st-century industries.

Lee Zeldin March 19

Judge blocks Trump's EPA from terminating $14 billion in 'green bank' grants after accusations of fraud

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the EPA from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration.

Media March 13

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin calls out CNN 'face plant' in misunderstanding press release

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin says CNN misrepresented a press release from his agency as having "typos" that were not actually errors.

US Environment March 12

Biden's EPA pushed to 'de-gender' agency bathrooms, hire more LGBTQ staff, unearthed memo reveals

An unearthed Biden-era memo found that the former Democratic president's Environmental Protection Agency promoted de-gendering restrooms at agency offices.

Lee Zeldin March 12

Biden's 'Woke Green Agenda' on chopping block as EPA announces 'most consequential day of deregulation'

The EPA announced the “most consequential day of deregulation" in U.S. history on Wednesday and put the Biden administration's Clean Power Plan 2.0 up for reconsideration.

US Environment March 12

EPA terminates Biden admin's green grants worth $20B, Zeldin says

The EPA is terminating $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced.

Lee Zeldin March 9

Stacey Abrams slammed after defending $2 billion in Biden-era EPA funds to buy green energy appliances

Former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is under fire from conservatives after defending a $2 billion initiative under the Biden EPA.

US Environment February 24

DOGE, EPA team up to claw back $67 million in 'environmental justice' grants

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency are cutting nearly $70 million in Biden era environmental grants.

Fox News Flash February 24

Lee Zeldin likens Biden energy 'scheme' connected to Stacey Abrams to 'throwing gold bars off the Titanic'

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called out a Biden-era "scheme" that saw $2 billion go to a climate group linked to former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

US Environment February 22

Biden sent $2 billion to Stacey Abrams-linked group in green energy 'scheme,' EPA says

The Environmental Protection Agency found that the Biden administration gave $2 billion to a climate group linked to Stacey Abrams.

Trump's First 100 Days February 19

You're hired! Here's who passed Congress' Trump Cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were

Sixteen cabinet nominees of President Donald Trump were successfully confirmed by the Senate thus far.

Lee Zeldin February 13

Trump team digs in, finds millions of wasted dollars at EPA, HUD with DOGE help

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said his team canceled a $50 million Biden-era environmental justice grant to a group that believes "climate justice travels through a Free Palestine."

US Environment January 29

Lee Zeldin confirmed to lead Trump's Environmental Protection Agency

The Senate voted to confirm former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.