EPA chief Lee Zeldin unveils Trump admin plan to give jolt to nuclear power plants, zap wind power

The Trump administration is aggressively paving the way to open more nuclear power plants while pulling back on wind power as expensive hot air, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Sunday.

“President Trump wants [nuclear plants] approved as quickly as possible … It just requires an agency like the EPA to get out of the way,” Zeldin said Sunday on WABC 770 the “Cats Roundtable” program.

He criticized his own agency for examples of “gumming up the works” in ways that unnecessarily slowed energy projects including nuclear power.

“President Trump wants [nuclear plants] approved as quickly as possible … It just requires an agency like the EPA to get out of the way,” Zeldin said Sunday. ZUMAPRESS.com

Zeldin said he wants to see Congress approve a law making it easier to license zero emissions nuke power plants, regardless of which political party is in charge of the White House

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