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•Trump’s EPA Pick Flunks Science Quiz in Confirmation Hearing
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Lee Zeldin , Donald Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency , struggled to answer simple questions about science during his confirmation hearing Thursday .
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said he intended to deliver on a promise to ask "really basic no-tricks questions about climate change" Whitehouse: "As far as carbon dioxide emitted' from you during that question, I would say no".
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