He often voted against environmental legislation in Congress, according to the League of Conservation Voters. He pledged to reverse New ... Here's what happened at the hearing Zeldin declined to say how the Trump administration might try to change or ...

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman tapped by President ... voting score based on his voting record in Congress, according to the League of Conservation Voters. Some of his votes in Congress included opposing investments in climate-resilient ...

WASHINGTON -- Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin denied that he will favor industry over the environment and declared he thinks climate change is real as he faced questions Thursday on his nomination to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Zeldin will appear Thursday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican former congressman Lee Zeldin to head the country's Environmental Protection Agency. A key appointment in Trump's climate agenda-- which includes boosting fossil fuel expansion and rolling back environmental regulation-- is Lee Zeldin,

Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin will face tough questions from Democrats about his fitness to be the EPA administrator at a Senate hearing Thursday, but he appears to be on a path to confirmation.

I believe that climate change is real," Lee Zeldin told senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He added that environmental policies should not hamper economic growth.

Trump's EPA administrator-nominee took at-times pointed questions from several liberal Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing Thursday.

He often voted against environmental legislation in Congress, according to the League of Conservation Voters. He pledged ... Here's what happened at the hearing Zeldin declined to say how the ...

Sworn-in president unleashes flurry of orders to accelerate oil and gas projects, curb environmental protections and squeeze growing renewable energy markets as trio of loyalists and fossil fuel advocates are likely to be confirmed to lead the DOE,

The League of Conservation Voters urged Senate lawmakers Thursday to vote against President Donald Trump's nominee for Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee Zeldin, citing what they ...

Chris Wright, Doug Burgum and Lee Zeldin are expected to win confirmation to lead the US Energy Dept., US Interior Dept. and US Environmental Protection Agency, respectively