Monday April 21, 2025
CBS News —
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Sunday that he can “absolutely” guarantee Trump administration deregulations won’t have adverse health impacts on people and the environment.
“We have to both protect the environment and grow the economy,” Zeldin said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
As part of President Trump’s pledge to unleash American energy, Zeldin announced in March that the EPA would reconsider rules across a number of sectors, including regulations on power plants, on mercury and air toxic standards that target coal-fired power plants and on wastewater regulations for the development of oil and gas. The Trump administration touted the 31 deregulatory actions as the “most momentous day” in EPA history.
The decisions are the start of what’s expected to be a yearslong effort to repeal or revise dozens of environmental rules, much to the dismay of climate experts and advocates.