the Rhode Island Democrat asked. "As far as the carbon dioxide emitted ... leading Markey to suggest present-day Lee Zeldin doesn’t agree with 2016 Lee Zeldin. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., brought up constituents ravaged by wildfires.

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.

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

At the start of EPA administrator-nominee Lee Zeldin’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the top Democrat offered a personal gift to new Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon ...

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.

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told senators Thursday that climate change is real but that other nations are not doing enough to cut their carbon emissions.

A big part of this will require building private sector collaboration to promote common sense, smart regulation.” It was a mostly friendly hearing that occasionally grew pointed when Democrats questioned Zeldin about climate change asking what,

Zeldin said, if confirmed, that he’d foster collaboration and balance in his approach to carrying out the mission of the EPA.

The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Trump

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, which he promised lawmakers to make more business friendly.

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 roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.