I believe that climate change is real," Lee Zeldin told senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He added that environmental policies should not hamper economic growth.

On Thursday we got a more detailed look at the Trump administration’s plans for the environment through two key nominees.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency struggled to answer straightforward ... For one senator, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, this took the form of a science pop quiz—asking, in his words, “really basic no-tricks questions ...