Scripps News spoke with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin Wednesday, where he discussed job cuts and funding priorities at the agency.

The former Long Island congressman has vowed to claw back $20 billion in Biden administration green energy grants.

Like other Cabinet members in the Trump administration, new Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin has hit the ground running, canceling ideology-driven contracts for diversity, equity and “environmental justice.

President Donald Trump said that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is eyeing cutting 65% of federal employees from the agency.

President Trump said Wednesday that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has floated cutting the agency’s workforce by up to 65 percent. Speaking at the inaugural Cabinet meeting of his second term,

A coalition of nonprofits urged the EPA chief Tuesday to lift a freeze on money it got in August from a fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

On Sunday, a roundtable with lawmakers discussed environmental concerns in NEPA, including main topics like the Delaware River water basin and stormwater management.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called out a Biden-era "scheme" that saw $2 billion go to a climate group linked to former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said recent layoffs at EPA, coupled with Zeldin's comments about sharp spending cuts, show he had no intent to follow through on a pledge during his confirmation hearing to work collaboratively with EPA's staff.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration aims to cut around 65 percent of staff at the Environmental Protection Agency, a key regulatory body that works on a range of areas, including climate change.

In a potential landmark action, Environmental Protection AgencyAdministrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.