Zeldin cites 'legitimate questions' about contrails as EPA launches webpage to combat conspiracy

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Thursday that Americans have “legitimate questions” about airplane contrails as his agency launches webpages aimed at combatting misinformation on the topic.

Contrails, the vapor trails that follow high-flying airplanes, are the subject of the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory which baselessly alleges that the trails are actually chemicals that are used for secret purposes, including weather modification.

The...