Former EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin slams New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s push for large solar farms, the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail data center costs and New York’s shift toward socialism on ‘Varney & Co.’
00:00 – Opposing solar farms on New York farmland
00:42 – Why NY climate goals cause "extreme economic pain"
01:44 – Advancing cooperative federalism in energy policy
02:41 – Protecting ratepayers from AI data center costs
03:38 – The role of small modular reactors
03:56 – Lee Zeldin reacts to New York’s "shift toward socialism
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