Zeldin tells climate skeptics to 'celebrate vindication' after repeal of baseline climate rule

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told a group of climate change skeptics that repeal of the 2009 “endangerment finding” reversed decades of unthinking adherence to liberal politicians and environmental groups about the dangers of climate change. Today "is a day to celebrate vindication,″ said Zeldin. The former Republican congressman is widely believed to be under consideration for a possible promotion to attorney general. Environmentalists accused Zeldin of “rallying climate deniers” at a time when climate change is creating greater risks of extreme weather.