EPA’s Lee Zeldin Defends Proposal to Repeal Climate Regulation

On July 29, Lee Zeldin proposed repealing the findings, saying it would ‘end 16 years of uncertainty’ for automakers and consumers.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on May 22, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Aug. 3 defended plans to repeal the agency’s Obama-era “endangerment findings“ that link motor vehicle emissions to changes in the climate and underpin related regulations.

Zeldin told CNN’s “State of the Union” that to reach the 2009 endangerment findings, officials “relied on the most pessimistic views of the science.”