Lee Zeldin's appointment as EPA head brings a mixed reaction from Long Island environmental leaders

Long Island leaders say they're hopeful that Donald Trump's pick for head of the EPA​, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, will in fact protect the environment.

LONG ISLAND -- Leaders in Nassau and Suffolk counties say they're hopeful that former Congressman Lee Zeldin , President-elect Donald Trump 's pick for head of the Environmental Protection Agency , will in fact protect the environment.Many have worked with him for years.Zeldin said to be responsive, educated on climate change Four years ago, Zeldin was calling on the EPA to protect water. Now, he's leading the agency.

It says he is unqualified and voted against critical environmental protection and clean-energy job investments in the midst of what was at the time the warmest year on record.A vocal Trump supporter, Zeldin will likely be tasked with rolling back policies to combat global warming.'I was horrified when I heard it was Lee Zeldin,' the Sierra Club's Steve Rolston said.

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