{"id":411256,"date":"2025-11-01T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411256"},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:15:29","slug":"lee-zeldin-says-its-very-telling-china-wants-to-keep-biden-epa-rule-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411256","title":{"rendered":"Lee Zeldin Says It\u2019s \u2018Very Telling\u2019 China Wants to Keep \u2018Biden EPA Rule in Place\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"414\" data-attachment-id=\"411261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=411261\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?fit=1444%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1444,827\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot 2025-11-01 201027\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?fit=723%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?resize=723%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An illustration depicting the flags of China and the United States, with silhouettes of iconic landmarks from both countries, symbolizing the contrasting perspectives on energy policy between them.\" class=\"wp-image-411261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?resize=1200%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/00Screenshot-2025-11-01-201027.png?w=1444&amp;ssl=1 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/10\/28\/lee-zeldin-china-keep-biden-epa-rule\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"411257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=411257\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.png?resize=528%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Logo of the Daily Caller News Foundation, featuring bold black text on a white background with colored accents.\" class=\"wp-image-411257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-30.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/AStreb\">Audrey Streb<\/a> DCNF Energy Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told reporters Tuesday that it is \u201cvery telling\u201d that China would want to keep a \u201cBiden EPA rule in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China is purportedly seeking to shape American energy policy by submitting public comments advocating for harsher Obama and Biden-era rules on power plants in a move that has several energy sector experts concerned, the Daily Caller News Foundation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/09\/11\/americas-biggest-rival-looks-to-keep-us-energy-smothered-under-crippling-biden-era-regs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously reported<\/a>. In response to a DCNF question on the issue, Zeldin told reporters Tuesday that his agency is proposing regulatory action that \u201cmakes America stronger\u201d and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) \u201cweaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) provides a public comment regarding one of our proposed rules, my first thought is that we should do the opposite of whatever they want us to do,\u201d Zeldin told reporters Tuesday.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s pretty striking that the Chinese Communist Party would want us to keep a Biden EPA rule in place. It\u2019s very telling, and I would say it only provides me more clarity that we\u2019re on the right track [and] that we\u2019re proposing regulatory action that makes America stronger and the CCP weaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/09\/11\/americas-biggest-rival-looks-to-keep-us-energy-smothered-under-crippling-biden-era-regs\/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: America\u2019s Biggest Rival Looks To Keep US Energy Smothered Under Crippling Biden-Era Regs)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The People\u2019s Republic of China left at least&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0505-0589_attachment_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-0263_attachment_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">different<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794-7256_attachment_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public comments<\/a>&nbsp;on EPA rule proposals that would cut or reform some aggressive Biden-era regulations that energy policy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/08\/16\/grid-official-warns-biden-power-plant-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experts<\/a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/25\/biden-epa-power-plant-rules-grid-reliability-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously<\/a>&nbsp;told the DCNF could devastate America\u2019s power grid. Zeldin has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/03\/12\/greatest-day-of-deregulation-trumps-epa-touts-major-regulation-cutting-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed<\/a>&nbsp;several&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-launches-biggest-deregulatory-action-us-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deregulatory actions<\/a>&nbsp;to boost American energy while safeguarding human health and the environment, including rules that drew China\u2019s attention in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, China urged the EPA to preserve its emissions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794-6978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules<\/a>&nbsp;for coal- and oil-fired power plants, maintain existing greenhouse gas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124-0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standards<\/a>&nbsp;for fossil fuel plants and refrain from imposing restrictions on foreign renewable fuel imports. The EPA introduced the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/06\/17\/2025-10991\/repeal-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-standards-for-fossil-fuel-fired-electric-generating-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/stationary-sources-air-pollution\/final-rule-national-emission-standards-hazardous-air-pollutants-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/renewable-fuel-standard\/proposed-renewable-fuel-standards-2026-and-2027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules<\/a>&nbsp;to roll back strict Obama and Biden-era&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2025-06\/6.11.25-fact-sheet-ghg-standards-proposed-repeal-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emissions<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/05\/07\/2024-09148\/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-coal--and-oil-fired-electric-utility-steam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standards<\/a>&nbsp;and to update renewable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-finalizes-new-renewable-fuel-standards-strengthen-us-energy-security-support-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fuel standards<\/a>&nbsp;as part of \u201creducing reliance on foreign sources of oil,\u201d according to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the same regime that burns more coal than the rest of the world combined, without the pollution controls that have made America a world leader in clean air,\u201d Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, told the DCNF previously. \u201cAnyone opposing these reforms is, wittingly or not, aligning with China\u2019s economic interests over America\u2019s. Trump is right to put American energy first, and his critics should have to explain why they\u2019re siding with the Chinese Communist Party over American energy and environmental excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a matter of principle, I\u2019d like to emphasize that climate change concerns the survival and development of every country and every individual, and the future and destiny of mankind. All countries should make efforts to address this situation,\u201d a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy told the DCNF. \u201cChina has been a staunch doer in green development. China is committed to green development that prioritizes eco-conservation, and will continue acting responsibly as an \u2018enabler\u2019 and working with the rest of the world to implement the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and build a clean, beautiful and sustainable world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>China\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/pollution-by-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leads<\/a>\u00a0the world in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/04\/22\/earth-day-reminder-green-groups-linked-to-worlds-top-polluter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pollution<\/a>, emitting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2023\/12\/us\/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30%<\/a>\u00a0of greenhouse gasses in 2022. Though some corporate media outlets have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/24\/china-doubles-down-on-climate-wind-and-solar-pledges-a-day-after-trump-called-them-a-scam-00579411?utm_content=topic\/sustainability&amp;utm_source=flipboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hailed<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2025\/03\/03\/china-renewable-energy-green-world-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China<\/a>\u00a0as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wind-solar-energy-china-climate-carbon-emissions-b337503abfacfd9b7829fd7bbcd507e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leader<\/a>\u00a0in implementing green energy resources like wind and solar and recently setting an emissions goal, China has also continued to churn out new coal plants, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/02\/1160441919\/china-is-building-six-times-more-new-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-fin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/13\/business\/china-coal-plants-highest-level-hnk-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated with comment from the Chinese Embassy.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told reporters Tuesday that it is \u201cvery telling\u201d that China would want to keep a \u201cBiden EPA rule in place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":411261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"Explore the clash of energy policies as China influences U.S. regulations under the Biden EPA\u2014what it means for America\u2019s energy future.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"China's Influence on U.S. Energy Policy: A Telling 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