On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), former New York Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin, went before the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works (EPW) in a confirmation hearing that was fairly straightforward and without any fireworks from Democrats on the Committee. Climate change beliefs, fossil fuels, and “Big Oil” were of chief concern for Democrats. There were a few attempts at “gotcha” moments, but Zeldin remained calm, cool, and stayed on message, and rightly stated that care of the environment, clean air, and water were not Republican or Democrat issues but American issues.
“Do you see the fires in LA right now? Did you see the storms ripple through Georgia and through North Carolina? The threat of climate change hasn’t gone away.”
Sen. Markey is blaming the fires in LA…
