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,

The protest started inside the resort’s main atrium with a three-story banner drop from a hotel room that said, “Oil $$$ Out of the DNC.” Dozens of protesters then marched around the hotel’s ground floor, chanting, “Which side are you on?” and “We need clean air, not another billionaire.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, who will play a key role in rolling back major Biden administration climate rules aimed at slashing emissions from vehicles, power plants and factories.

The Phoenix mayor said withdrawing from the global agreement to fight climate change would harm public health and economic prosperity.

President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from a global agreement to combat climate change on Inauguration Day, but the fight by local leaders continues. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said the city ...

including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles. The vote was 56-42 in Zeldin’s favor. Three Democrats — Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona ...

Arizona's senators voted with Republicans to confirm Lee Zeldin as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Ruben Gallego could take the reins as one of the Senate’s leading nuclear energy champions. The Arizona Democrat, fresh off a close electoral victory to succeed former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent, snagged a spot on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to head the US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, to the delight of the fossil fuel industry.

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

Former East End Congressman Lee Zeldin, who championed issues affecting Long Island's coastline as a congressman but has long been critical of federal policies on encouraging electric vehicles and a supporter of President Donald Trump,

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. The vote was 56-42. Only three Democrats — Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania — voted with Republicans in support of the nomination.