On X, Zeldin slammed the Times’ story and said its headline—“E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution”—was the “exact opposite” of what the agency intends to prioritize.

In theory, the EPA could still include the number of lives saved in how it considers the upside of a regulation without attaching a dollar value to it. But experts say that in practice, leaving the dollar costs of compliance in the equation and ignoring the economic value of the health benefits will likely skew the balance toward less regulation.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s move to repeal the so-called endangerment finding that planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels endangers human health. “To reach the 2009 ...

Smokestacks at the Dearborn Industrial Generation facility. Senior Correspondent It’s hard to think of a policy move that could more directly target the core of climate science than the Trump Administration’s decision to undo the Environmental ...