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Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.

The Washington Post on MSN · 21h

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency

Several Democrats voted in favor of Zeldin, a former lawmaker from New York who will oversee an agency tasked with protecting the environment and public health.

USA TODAY on MSN · 21h

Senate confirms former NY congressman Lee Zeldin as Trump's EPA administrator

Zeldin, 44, is from New York. He served eight years in Congress and lost a race for governor in 2022. He is expected to push deregulation.

UPI News on MSN · 10h

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as EPA administrator

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reuters · 20h

US Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA adminstrator

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, tasked with rolling back climate rules from former President Joe Biden that were aimed at slashing emissions from vehicles,

RI school unveils fleet of electric school buses

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WPRI) — A Rhode Island charter school now has the largest fleet of electric school buses in the state.

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Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to head EPA

The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 on Wednesday to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley to serve as head of ...

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R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $638K for water systems in 3 communities

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded $638,000 in grant funding to small water systems in Newport, ...

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RFK Jr. addresses vaccines in Senate confirmation hearing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Senate Finance Committee that he is not anti-vaccine during his confirmation hearing for ...

Alaska Dispatch News16h

Head of Alaska environmental conservation agency named regional EPA administrator under Trump

The head of Alaska’s state environmental conservation department has been tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as a ...

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The Latest: Trump wants to send migrants who are in the U.S. illegally to Guantanamo Bay

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who ...

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RFK Jr pressed by Democratic senators on issues like government-run healthcare, abortion

President Trump’s nominees for Health secretary, Commerce secretary, and Small Business Administration administrator will ...

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For lawmakers in CT, lowering electricity costs is complicated

Officials must confront at least one obstacle they cannot change: CT’s location within one of the nation’s most expensive ...

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