The US Senate confirmed Lee Zeldin as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 56-42 vote. All 53 Republican senators backed him, along with three Democrats—Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing senior staff to submit spending items greater than $50,000 for approval from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

In its final days, the Biden administration handed out billions to freshly founded “climate” outfits in a scramble to pump taxpayer money to lefty activists — and all of the slimy details are coming to light, thanks to new Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin.

The former Long Island congressman has vowed to claw back $20 billion in Biden administration green energy grants.

One of its less controversial core goals — and one popular with municipalities and corporations across the country — is the vehicle for spreading environmental damage across the world. To reverse that trend, Zeldin should roll back an EPA edict aimed at every city and town in the country: the national recycling goal.

Scripps News spoke with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin Wednesday, where he discussed job cuts and funding priorities at the agency.

The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community.

Despite a comment by President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency does not plan to reduce its staff by 65%, but major budget cuts are likely.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin details his efforts to get back $20 billion in Biden-era climate funding on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’