EPA admin Zeldin announces 31 ‘historic actions’ targeting Biden admin’s ‘Green New Scam’

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that the agency will take 31 “historic actions” to roll back the Biden administration’s climate agenda in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to “Unleash American Energy.” 

“By overhauling massive rules on the endangerment finding, the social cost of carbon and similar issues, we are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age,” Zeldin stated in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. 

Zeldin said the actions will lower costs for things like purchasing a car, heating homes and operating businesses. Among the regulations Zeldin said the EPA would reconsider are the “illegal” Clean Power Plan 2.0., the endangerment finding, the electric vehicle mandate, and rules regarding particulate matter. 

“Today marks the death of the Green New Scam. The EPA recognizes that environmental protection and economic prosperity aren’t mutually exclusive goals,” Zeldin wrote in the Journal. 

He also said the EPA would remain committed to a mission of protecting the environment, but not by shutting down power plants. Rather, he said, the EPA would protect the environment by making energy production cleaner and more efficient. 

By reducing the regulatory impediments to industry, Zeldin said in an announcement posted on X, jobs would be created, especially in the auto industry. 

“From the campaign trail to day one and beyond, President Trump has delivered on his promise to unleash energy dominance and lower the cost of living. We at EPA will do our part to power the great American comeback,” Zeldin said.