Wright's confirmation highlights a focus on fossil fuel production and energy innovation amid climate change debates ...

The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken ...

In a 2024 report, Wright said climate change is a "global challenge but is far from the world's greatest threat to human life." Utah Senator Mike Lee, in a statement, said: "The committee has ...

In his opening statements, Whitehouse had flagged his concerns that Trump intends to pour millions into the pockets of billionaire fossil fuel barons, and that he hoped Zeldin would demonstrate an ...

Lee Zeldin, in a confirmation hearing Thursday. Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee, has a record of voting against many efforts to curb climate change during his eight-year stint in ...

He agreed to review distributions under the signature Biden climate law. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head up the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, emphasized ...

That message and others like it drew universal praise from the committee’s Republicans, setting him up for an easy confirmation, with Chairman Mike Lee ... impacts of climate change, arguing ...

Chris Wright’s arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.

Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-Utah) later called the idea of ... from Padilla and Hirono on his history of downplaying climate change. Outside the hearing room, however, conservation groups ...

Professor Mike Berners-Lee from the University of ... and choose it carefully A major 2019 report on land use and climate change says the West’s high consumption of meat and dairy produce ...

Mike Lee, chair of the Senate's Committee on ... especially because he is a known denier of the science of climate change and its devastating effects worldwide. Energy, he stated, is an "essential ...