Trump Environmental Policy

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, in a Wednesday keynote at the Heartland Institute’s Washington, D.C., conference, hailed the repeal of the greenhouse‑gas endangerment finding as "a day to celebrate vindication," saying it reversed "decades of unthinking adherence" to liberal politicians and environmental groups and noting the administration has stated the EPA does not have legal authority to regulate climate change. The remarks drew sharp criticism from Environmental Defense Fund U.S. director Joe Bonfiglio, who called Heartland a "disinformation factory" and accused Zeldin of "promoting disinformation" and "rallying climate deniers," while EPA spokeswoman Carolyn Holran defended the move as ending "the era of EPA as a vehicle for radical ideology" and saying Zeldin is guided by "gold standard science, not doomsday models."