| 2026-05-13 | EPA Proposes Redefining 'Begin Actual Construction' Under NSR — Allows Datacenter Construction Before Air Permits
5 src Lee Zeldin · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, Installs Personal Lawyer Todd Blanche as Acting AG
5 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lee Zeldin |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-08 | Colorado Attorney General and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Illegal Rejection of State Clean Air Plan Protecting Coal
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Earthjustice · Sierra Club · Lee Zeldin |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-08 | Legal Challenges Mount Against EPA Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
5 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Environmental Defense Fund · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Environmental Groups Press Legal Challenge Against EPA's Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
4 src Earthjustice · Clean Air Task Force · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Fossil Fuel Industry |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day
7 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Environmental Defense Fund · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-19 | EPA issues Section 7(b) Brownfield/Superfund AI datacenter reuse guidance on EO deadline — CERCLA liability retained, energy and water proximity required
6 src Lee Zeldin · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-18 | EPA WOTUS Rollback Moves Forward After Public Comment Period
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-29 | EPA Fires At Least 8 Employees Who Signed Letter Criticizing Trump's Environmental Rollbacks
3 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Lee Zeldin · Trump | | reported |
| 2025-07-29 | EPA Proposes Rescinding Endangerment Finding at Indiana Truck Dealership: Zeldin Calls It 'Largest Deregulatory Action in History'
6 src Lee Zeldin · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-28 | EPA Delays Methane Pollution Rules for Oil and Gas Industry, Adding Equivalent of 25 Million Cars' Emissions
4 src EPA · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-23 | Trump signs Executive Order 'Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure' — 100 MW threshold, NEPA categorical-exclusion creation directive, <50% federal-financial-assistance carve-out from NEPA 'major Federal action'
7 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-18 | EPA Announces Largest Workforce Reduction in History — 3,707 Employees Cut, Office of Research and Development Eliminated
6 src Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · DOGE |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-15 | Trump Officials' Extensive Financial Conflicts Exposed in Comprehensive Report
3 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Sean Duffy · Lori Chavez-DeRemer · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-14 | EPA Rolls Back PFAS Drinking Water Protections, Delays Enforcement, Terminates Research Grants
5 src EPA · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-11 | Trump Directs Agencies to Quietly Repeal Regulations Without Public Notice
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Lee Zeldin · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Eliminates Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-10 | EPA Administrator Zeldin Plans 65% Workforce Cut While Terminating $20 Billion Climate Grants
3 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2017-03-28 | Trump Signs Executive Order Dismantling Obama-Era Climate Regulations
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Pruitt · Lee Zeldin |
| confirmed |