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Lee Zeldin: “What they said was that carbon dioxide, when mixed with five…”

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

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Extended interview: EPA head Lee Zeldin on agency cuts, repealing endangerment finding

Published | Video Starts at 12:53

… as simply as saying that they found that carbon dioxide endangers public health and welfare, that's not what the endangerment finding did. Back in 2009, while focusing on mobile sources, What they said was that carbon dioxide, when mixed with five other, well, mixed gases, the greenhouse gases, that they contribute to global climate change. and say cause, but they used to contribute how much? I don't say, but it's just north of zero. We know that much. And. (12:53–13:04)

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Asserts that the 2009 endangerment finding stated carbon dioxide and other gases contribute to global climate change.

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