Trump’s next EPA administrator is a lawyer, not an environmentalist

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President-elect Donald Trump is picking former Rep. Lee Zeldin ( RN.Y. ) to lead the Environmental Protection Agency .

The pick came as a surprise to many who expected Andrew Wheeler , Trump 's former EPA administrator, to lead agency again.

Zelderin could bring a fresh perspective to the EPA and reduce the scope of an agency that regularly oversteps its statutory authority.

In a post-Chevron world, any changes to Joe Bidenera regulations must pass legal muster.

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