Trump’s EPA Pick Flunks Science Quiz in Confirmation Hearing
Lee Zeldin, Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, struggled to answer simple questions about science during his confirmation hearing Thursday. During his hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, ranking member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said he intended to deliver on a promise to Zeldin to ask “really basic no-tricks questions about climate change,” and Zeldin could barely answer a single one. “First, as a matter of law, is carbon dioxide a pollutant?” Whitehouse asked. “As far as carbon dioxide ‘emitted’ from you during that question, I would say no,” Zeldin joked. “As far as carbon dioxide that is emitted in larger masses, that we hear concern about from scientists, as well as from Congress, that’s something that certainly needs to be focused on for the EPA.”
Lee Zeldin. The guy who constantly loses elections. As in he’s been rejected by the people every time. Is getting appointed a spot anyway. Talk about losing your way up the ladder.