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WATCH: Sen. Markey asks Zeldin if he still believes the U.S. should reduce reliance on fossil fuels
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January 16, 2025
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1:38Now PlayingSen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, questioned Lee Zeldin Thursday during his confirmation to be President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Markey asked Zeldin if he still believed a quote he gave in 2016 where he said the key to being a better steward to the environment was to “reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and to pursue clean and green energy.”
“In considering all factors, in an ideal world, we would be able to pursue always the cleanest, greenest energy sources possible,” Zeldin said.
Markey pushed back, asking if he still believed in reducing the U.S.’s reliance on fossil fuels.
“I'm not hearing you say that you agree with Lee Zeldin in 2016,” Markey said. “The threat of climate change hasn't gone away since you said that in 2016 and I'm just worried now your change of tone is politics and not the science which you apparently did believe at that time.”
Zeldin is a former congressman from New York. He left Congress in January 2023 and was among the Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. In his time in the House, he did not serve on committees that oversaw environmental policy.
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