https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/climate/zeldin-epa-heartland-institute.html
By Lisa Friedman
Reporting from Washington
Excerpt: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced.
The speech, critics said, risks bestowing the credibility of the federal government on the fringe theories that the group espouses.
“The choices that an administrator makes, where to go and who to talk to, is very significant,” said William K. Reilly, who served as administrator of the E.P.A. under the first President George Bush.
“The only reason to talk to a group like this one he’s going to talk to is to call them out and correct them and remind them that E.P.A. is a science-based agency,” Mr. Reilly said.
Brigit Hirsch, a spokeswoman for Mr. Zeldin, said in a statement that the administrator “takes the opportunity to speak before a wide variety of ideologically different groups and individuals to promote the agenda of the Trump E.P.A.”
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…and you can still buy tickets now to join us and the very gracious @epaleezeldin in D.C on April 8th – 9th!
Thank you New York Times! 😉 pic.twitter.com/u4aekv67TF
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