EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, Announces Five Pillars To Guide The EPA's Work

On January 29, 2025, Lee Zeldin, former New York Congressman and President Trump's new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was confirmed. Administrator Zeldin announced the EPA's Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative, which is aiming to "achieve the agency's mission while energizing the greatness of the American economy." This plan outlines the agency's new priorities and proposes a broad EPA agenda that seeks deregulation to boost the American economy while simultaneously pursuing the EPA's environmental missions. The plan consists of "five pillars that are said to guide the EPA's work over the first 100 days and beyond[.]"

These five pillars include: