In a recent exchange between Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey and President-elect Donald Trump’s EPA administrator pick Lee Zeldin, Zeldin did not explicitly state that he believes the agency has an obligation to regulate planet-warming pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels.
The conversation referenced a significant 2007 Supreme Court ruling that determined greenhouse gas pollution from burning oil, gas, or coal falls under the category of air pollutants as defined by the Clean Air Act. This ruling granted the EPA the authority to regulate such emissions.
