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Lee Zeldin: “One state came to us trying to get approval for a state…”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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Governor Morrisey offers update following roundtable discussion with EPA Administrator Zeldin.

Published | Video Starts at 09:00

When you add up everything that they're doing in 2023 and 2024 by design, the Biden EPA was trying to close down coal plants in West Virginia and across the country. We had One state came to us trying to get approval for a state implementation plan on regional haze recently where they were trying to get the Trump EPA to sign off on the state closing 10 coal plants. That is not the direction that the Trump EPA is going to go under this president's leadership and direction. (09:00–09:14)

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Asserts that a state sought approval from the Trump EPA to close 10 coal plants.

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