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Climate Change Denial Resurges at Washington Conference

4/10/2026

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A Washington conference on April 9, 2026 featured climate change deniers, including keynote speaker Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency administrator.
Zeldin dismissed scientific warnings, claiming, "We won’t sign up for the script that the world is imminently about to end."
Attended by about 220 people, the event signaled a resurgence of climate denial in the Trump administration and a broader political shift.

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Story summary

A Washington conference on April 9, 2026 featured climate change deniers, including keynote speaker Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency administrator.
Zeldin dismissed scientific warnings, claiming, "We won’t sign up for the script that the world is imminently about to end."
Attended by about 220 people, the event signaled a resurgence of climate denial in the Trump administration and a broader political shift.