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Administrator Zeldin Disputes Past Climate Predictions and Cites Greenhouse Gas Fund Conflicts, May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 0:02:21

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What happened

Administrator Lee Zeldin argues in the hearing excerpt that predictions used to justify the 2009 endangerment finding adopted the most pessimistic range of the science, and that by 2026 the agency can rely on present-day facts rather than those assumptions, as he stated it. He disputes the January 2019 prediction he attributes to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez that the world would end in 12 years, and remarks on a clip of Al Gore discussing global freezing.

Zeldin further states that Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund money went to former Obama and Biden officials and Democratic donors, citing, as he stated it, Climate United Fund’s chief executive — a former Obama-Biden OMB special assistant — whose organization he says received $6.9 billion, and the Coalition for Green Capital, which he says had a Biden-Harris climate adviser join its board in 2023 while applying. He presents these as conflicts of interest and self-dealing, as he characterized them.

Why it matters

The excerpt is the Administrator’s two-part case — scientific and financial — against the climate framework his agency inherited, with a specific dollar figure attached to one fund recipient.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard candidate: the $6.9 billion figure attributed to Climate United Fund and the board-service claim regarding the Coalition for Green Capital, as the Administrator stated them. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no verdict given here.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Administrator Zeldin Disputes Past Climate Predictions and Cites Greenhouse Gas Fund Conflicts, May 1, 2026”, 2026-05-01 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-05-01). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.