President-elect Donald Trump’s EPA pick, Lee Zeldin, a former New York congressman, pledged to protect both the environment and the economy while strictly interpreting the nation’s clean air and water ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin’s ...

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. It's a key role to help President Donald Trump ...

The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.

Several Democrats voted in favor of Zeldin, a former lawmaker from New York who will oversee an agency tasked with protecting ...

Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...