The former New York representative will helm the agency as it navigates executive orders pausing climate programs and reviews ...

Learn about how Lee Zeldin was sworn in as the 17th administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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.

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin sat for his confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, and was grilled by Democrats on his views of climate change.

Lee Zeldin to head the government's leading agency on environmental rules and regulations. President Donald Trump tapped Zeldin, who previously served as a congressman from New York's 1st ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to ...

Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday. By Coral Davenport Coral Davenport has ...

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. questioned Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Environmental Protection Agency, in a confirmation hearing Thursday held by the ...

The EPA under Zeldin is also expected to reverse course on a previous goal of centering environmental justice, which was a major priority of the agency under the previous administrator ...