NORFOLK- Nebraska U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts is a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and last week spoke with President Elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Former Congressman Lee Zeldin.

Ricketts said he spoke with Zeldin on a number of topics including the senator’s wish to roll back the Biden Administration’s Electric Vehicle mandate, under which two-thirds of new vehicles would be required to be electric by 2032.

"If you've looked at some of the things we've done, for example, with the technology that's available to take a hybrid vehicle and turn it into burning E85 that gets 38 miles to the gallon; that's the kind of thing that can help us reduce the impact on the environment, help the consumer save money at the pump and will be good for our farmers and ranchers," Ricketts noted.

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