Don’t be fooled by Lee Zeldin’s moderate past. Trump’s EPA pick will rubber-stamp all of his anti-climate goals

Despite his pro-environment votes—especially to protect Long Island’s coast—the former New York congressman is expected to be on board with the president-elect’s climate policy.

By tapping former New York Representative Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump opted to put his planned radical rollback of climate policy in the hands of a staunch ally who is skilled at projecting an image of a moderate conservationist.