Trump names Jewish former GPO lawmaker Lee Zeldin to run EPA

By Reuters 11 November 2024, 11:16 pm

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Jewish former GPO congressman Lee Zeldin of New York speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump says he will appoint Jewish former GOP lawmaker Lee Zeldin to run the EPA.

“He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet,” Trump says in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

Trump will likely look to reverse many rules administered by the EPA on the burning of fossil fuels, including one curbing carbon emissions from power plants and another slashing such emissions from vehicles.

“We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI,” Zeldin writes on X.