EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin was scheduled to meet with Elon Musk’s DOGE team in the White House in late March as Zeldin and the Trump administration were crafting plans for deep cuts to EPA.
Zeldin’s internal calendar includes a March 27 entry titled “Meeting w/ Elon Musk West Wing 221,” from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. That calendar, released under the Freedom of Information Act, offers more details about the EPA administrator’s meeting than what was included on his publicly available schedule, which labels a 6:30 p.m. meeting a “White House meeting.”
Musk didn’t attend, EPA’s press office said Wednesday. “Elon Musk was not present at the meeting. The meeting with DOGE covered technology needs and gaps at EPA.”
The EPA administrator’s detailed internal calendars for March offer a glimpse into the agency’s inner workings as Zeldin and his team have worked to overhaul Biden-era environmental policies, downsize the agency and make their case to the public with a blitz of media appearances.
