WASHINGTON -- Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin denied that he will favor industry over the environment and declared he thinks climate change is real as he faced questions Thursday on his nomination to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In his first few hours in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, including one relating to offshore wind. The executive order puts a temporary halt on offshore wind lease sales in federal waters,

Chris Wright, Doug Burgum and Lee Zeldin are expected to win confirmation to lead the US Energy Dept., US Interior Dept. and US Environmental Protection Agency, respectively

Sworn-in president unleashes flurry of orders to accelerate oil and gas projects, curb environmental protections and squeeze growing renewable energy markets as trio of loyalists and fossil fuel advocates are likely to be confirmed to lead the DOE,

Two lawsuits that alleged Nassau County's 19-district legislative map violated federal and state voting laws settled with a court approval of a new map to replace one adopted in F

Nassau County reached a settlement Thursday in which the suburban region, located just east of New York City borough of Queens, would create six voting districts in which Black, Latino and Asian residents constitute a majority of eligible voters.

Her budget made no mention of "cap and invest," the program she proposed two years ago as a central strategy for reducing fossil fuels emissions.

Proposal would include home buyer notifications about flood risk, limits on state funding for development in risk zones and other components.

However, the ongoing work happening right now in Vermont is a positive reminder of the increasingly urgent — and popular — issue of land conservation ... top of mind, voters in both red ...

The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is hosting a series of mayor and city council candidate forums in St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia. The forums will feature candidates on the April 1

MONTPELIER — Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) has released the 2025 Environmental Common Agenda, which lays out this year’s top legislative priorities for the Vermont environmental community. VCV releases the Common Agenda every January when the ...