Zeldin e DeLauro entram em confronto em audiência na Câmara sobre autoridade climática da EPA

O administrador da EPA, Lee Zeldin, debateu com a deputada Rose DeLauro durante uma audiência do Comitê de Apropriações da Câmara na segunda-feira sobre as responsabilidades da agência em relação às mudanças climáticas. DeLauro acusou a EPA de abandonar seu dever de proteger os americanos em meio a crescentes ameaças ambientais. Zeldin rebateu citando a lei federal e precedentes recentes da Suprema Corte que limitam a autoridade da agência.

Na audiência, a deputada Rose DeLauro, democrata de Connecticut, pressionou Zeldin sobre os impactos das mudanças climáticas, perguntando: 'Quando as mudanças climáticas estão inundando nossas ruas, envenenando nosso ar, aumentando os custos com saúde e desastres, como a EPA pode justificar o abandono desse dever de proteger os americanos para apaziguar poluidores sob a falsa bandeira do crescimento econômico?' Zeldin respondeu: 'Seguindo a lei. Seção 202 da Lei do Ar Limpo (Clean Air Act). Onde isso diz algo sobre combater as mudanças climáticas globais?' Ele fez referência ao caso da Suprema Corte Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, questionando a familiaridade de DeLauro com o caso e a doutrina das questões principais (major questions doctrine). DeLauro admitiu não estar familiarizada, o que levou Zeldin a explicar que as agências não têm autoridade para interpretar leis de forma criativa sem claro apoio estatutário. A troca de farpas ficou tensa quando Zeldin citou casos adicionais, Michigan v. EPA de 2015 e West Virginia v. EPA de 2022, que limitam a formulação de regras da EPA sobre emissões e mudanças de combustível sem autorização explícita do Congresso. DeLauro acusou Zeldin de negar a existência das mudanças climáticas, enquanto ele a incentivou a ler os estatutos e precedentes relevantes. Zeldin tuitou posteriormente sobre o confronto em 27 de abril de 2026. Separadamente, Zeldin comentou que as pessoas não deveriam beber ou injetar glifosato, ingrediente em pesticidas como o Roundup, ao que DeLauro respondeu: 'Talvez você devesse tentar fazer isso.'

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