The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) led an effort of 20 free market organizations, including E&E Legal, to send a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin commending him for his leadership in 2025 and how we look forward to working together in 2026.
The letter continues, in part:
In your first year, you faced an incredible challenge to undo the damage from the previous
administration. You have been successful in making this happen while simultaneously advancing
a proactive agenda that recognizes environmental protection doesn’t require ignoring the rule of
law or sound science.A significant amount of attention has rightly been paid to the EPA’s decision to reconsider the
2009 endangerment finding. You didn’t back down from the scare tactics and handwringing from
climate extremists over revisiting the flawed 2009 finding. Instead, the agency proposed a
detailed rule outlining the problems with the endangerment finding. It also made an
overwhelming case based on numerous legal arguments as to why the EPA doesn’t have statutory
authority to promulgate greenhouse gas standards for new motor vehicles.
