Chesapeake environmental leader to engage with new administration [Video]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin has been nominated to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a decision that has environmental leaders in the Chesapeake region considering new strategies for dealing with the incoming administration and its priorities, according to Kim Coble, the Executive Director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters. 

“As most people who care about the environment, we are concerned,” said Kim Coble, Executive Director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters. 

Coble said she will be looking for common ground by working to demonstrate that environmental protection is frequently good for the economy in the Chesapeake region.

“There is no doubt about the link between clean water and shoreline stabilization and economics,” Coble pointed out.

“So one could say, ‘the Trump administration …