UK Guardian: Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’

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UK Guardian: Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ – Trump’s EPA chief’s presence ‘shows how much influence climate deniers now have’
By Admin
April 16, 2026
2:54 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/dc-conference-climate-deniers-trump-epa-chief

By Dharna Noor in Washington DC

Excerpt:

At a conference hosted by the prominent science-denying thinktank the Heartland Institute last week, a crowd of mostly middle-aged men in suits claimed the world is finally waking up to the idea that the climate crisis does not exist.

“I feel wonderful,” James Taylor, the president of the Heartland Institute, said in an interview. “The truth is winning out.”

The clearest sign of the crowd’s rising power was the gathering’s keynote speaker: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whom Donald Trump is also reportedly considering for attorney general. “It is a day to celebrate vindication,” he said on Wednesday morning.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/04/16/uk-guardian-inside-a-jubilant-dc-conference-where-the-climate-deniers-are-in-charge-now-trumps-epa-chiefs-presence-shows-how-much-influence-climate-deniers-now/