How Trump’s EPA Chief Is Dismantling Climate Regulation

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of budget and program cuts at the EPA under Lee Zeldin during the Trump administration.

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, many employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have felt like they’re under attack – from their own boss. Under its new chief Lee Zeldin, the EPA has slashed budgets, programs, and staff, all in the name of what Zeldin calls rooting out “waste, fraud, and abuse” and “driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion.” On this episode, we talk to EPA insiders about how the cuts have impacted their lives and careers, and the programs they care so passionately about. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• climate regulation
• EPA
• Trump administration
• environmental policy
• government cuts

Keywords

• EPA
• Lee Zeldin
• climate change
• Trump
• environmental policy
• government cuts
• climate regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency

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