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During the interview, Zeldin revealed that the EPA had recently canceled grants totaling a substantial $1.7 billion, referring to spendings related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and environmental justice initiatives. He praised partnerships with private entities like Elon Musk's DOGE as efficient and fiscally responsible, aiming to fulfill the agency's obligations to the taxpayers without unnecessary expenditure. Zeldin's robust defense of his agency's agenda casts a spotlight on a strategy to remarket their environmental stewardship while simultaneously clamping down on what they view as bureaucratic inefficiencies.