Jul. 1 at 10:18 AM
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EPA's Zeldin adds energy dominance to agency's mission, WSJ reports
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has added mandates, such as energy dominance, to the agency's original mission, The Wall Street Journal's Scott Patterson and Kris Maher report. EPA employees are concerned about the shift to ease rules on U.S. industries and cutbacks on key research programs and Zeldin's current stance puzzles those who previously collaborated with him on environmental campaigns, according to the report.
"I don't accept that it's a binary choice between protecting the environment and growing the economy," Zeldin said in an interview. "At the Trump EPA, we choose both, and that's something that we're very proud of pursuing." Publicly traded companies in the space include Baker Hughes (BKR), Diamond Offshore (DO), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble Corp. (NE), SLB (SLB), Transocean (RIG) and Weatherford (WFRD).
