Well wouldn’t you know it. Not three days after we recorded our criticism of the Biden admin wasting the people’s money away through the Environmental Protection Agency, Donald Trump—first name forty-five, last name forty-seven—announces his pick for the new head of the EPA: Mr. Lee Zeldin. Let’s continue our due diligence as citizens and see what sort of preview we can get of the future of this suspiciously twisted world of planet-saving non profits.

Hailing from New York Mr. Zeldin’s history pre-politics consists of working as an attorney by twenty-three and served in the Army for four years, including an Iraq deployment in 2006. Eventually, he served in the New York senate and sequentially as house representative taking mostly conservative stances on various matters. He also ran for governor accumulating the highest percentage of votes for a republican nominee since 2002. He has supported tax cuts and he opposed the Paris Agreement, which has done little to support, if not damage, progress on climate initiatives. Mr. Zeldin has also criticized hospitals for firing employees who refused the “special” shot and he opposed mask enforcement. 

Mr. Zeldin has been a consistent supporter of President Trump, so it’s no surprise that he is making an appearance in Trump’s staff. Zeldin feels it’s an honor to serve with him, saying that they will “restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs” — and do so while protecting clean air and water.

We can be confident in those priorities because he has a history of environmentalism, particularly when he was able to advance a bill that prevented the government from auctioning Plum Island—home to hundreds of species of animals and a very sensitive ecosystem. Mr. Zeldin has been fighting for years to prevent development of what he calls a “national treasure.” (Great movie.)

In addition to the endangered animals, there also lies a prominent animal disease center where they research … animal … disease. There’s no other way to put it. This facility employs more than 400 people and has produced highly valued research and even produced vaccines. Mr. Zeldin felt it was critical to maintain this island, hence the bill (which, by the way, was signed by President Trump).

Currently, the Plum Island National Monument Act, which was introduced to congress in 2023, is under congressional review. If approved it will protect the island and preserve a delicate ecology with more than 300 years of history.

If Mr. Zeldin was this passionate for a small island as a house representative then we can reasonably expect not only reform, but progress in the whole country with him as head of the EPA.

And yet, many people have been critical of Trump’s pick because Zeldin has little “climate” experience.

However, the problem we see with this criticism is that it seems like they’re projecting. They’re right, Zeldin may not be fit for a “climate” related position—good thing he’s not being put in one. It’s the ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency, not CLIMATE Protection Agency. And when it comes to the environment, Zeldin has both passion in preservation and experience in environmental law.

The way we see it, the word “climate” is very ambiguous and we’ve yet to hear a satisfying definition. Perhaps this is why money pours out of government coffers and disappears down a giant hole. Given Trump’s position on “climate” his pick is not at all surprising. Perhaps from this we’ll see a reorientation on ENVIRONMENTAL law and no more suspiciously vague CLIMATE laws. 

This would be a big win for the American people because laws largely incentivize investments. We’ve already explained the catastrophe of “climate” and “green energy” investments and how the money goes nowhere. What does it mean to improve the climate? The planet needs extreme cooling, extreme warming, and everything in between. Our models aren’t any help and the Earth has been cooling, so let’s quit with the global warming fear mongering.

Now improving the ENVIRONMENT—preserving individual ecosystems such as Plum Island, encouraging life supporting plants, developing tangible research of successful habitats—Mr. Zeldin prioritizes these activities. The Earth works literally from the ground up. You don’t fix a car. You improve the parts IN the car. You can’t fix the climate. You have to improve the environments IN the climate. For years we have been paying the government to ambiguously “fix the car” instead of tangibly replace the parts.

Cautiously optimistic

Of course we do not yet know the exact actions Mr. Zeldin will take. He claims he’ll remove many regulations with the goal of “unleashing economic prosperity.” That’s exciting, but the American people are no strangers to exciting and flowery language—and “unleashing economic prosperity” is a bouquet. Now given his history we can look forward to some action, but we’ll keep an eye on his progress as responsible citizens. This is our opportunity to no longer be ignorant of governmental going-ons, but rather get informed.

While many people have wept bitter tears for the upcoming administration, Mr. Zeldin and President Trump are looking to unleash this economic prosperity through a number of measures—reducing climate change related investments, getting rid of incentives for electric vehicles (Ford and Toyota are already pulling back) and prioritizing oil and gas.

Unfortunately, this is pretty much all we’ve got … for now. Our team will be on the lookout for any economic prosperity being unleashed. But don’t rely solely on us … watch our videos BUT do your own homework. Those who founded this great country intended that we, the citizens, do our part in making it great.