Zeldin Keynotes Heartland Conference on EPA Climate Repeal

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote address at the Heartland Institute's 16th International Conference on Climate Change on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., where he celebrated the agency's recent repeal of a foundational 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

The conference, attended by around 220 people including scientists, policymakers and advocates skeptical of the mainstream scientific consensus on climate change, provided a platform for Zeldin to highlight the Trump administration's environmental policy shifts. Organized by the Heartland Institute along with groups such as the CO2 Coalition and the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, the event featured discussions questioning the urgency of climate action and promoting free-market approaches to energy. Zeldin, a former Republican congressman from New York and a rumored candidate to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi, told the audience the repeal marked "a day to celebrate vindication." He credited conference participants with opposing the original finding and argued that previous administrations had relied on flawed assumptions that...