(Kenny Holston | The New York Times) Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the legal basis that allows it to regulate the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet.
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