The EPA has announced significant deregulation under Administrator Lee Zeldin, causing alarm among environmental advocates. Critics, including former EPA chief Gina McCarthy, labeled the day as historically disastrous, highlighting the agency's shift away from its original mission of public health and environmental safety. The new focus, according to Zeldin, prioritizes lowering costs for consumers, explicitly removing limits on pollution and regulatory authority over greenhouse gases. This move has been met with widespread condemnation, as it raises concerns about future environmental protections and public health implications.
In what former Obama-era EPA chief Gina McCarthy called "the most disastrous day in EPA history," U.S. President Donald Trump's appointed head of the EPA, Lee Zeldin, has proclaimed victory over "the green new scam." The director has pledged to repeal limits on pollution, gutting regulations on tailpipe emissions and power plans.
Zeldin's victory lap didn't even pretend to focus on public health or environmental safety—the two tenets that have guided the regulatory body since its founding in 1970. Instead, it was an announcement to change the EPA's mission, which is now 'lower[ing] the cost of buying a car, heating a home, and running a business.'
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