FY2019 saw a staggering 37.2% proposed cut to EPA’s budget, resulting in decreased staffing levels and cuts to essential programs, making it difficult for EPA to fulfill its responsibilities to public health and the environment. EPN provided information on the proposed cuts and the impacts that would be felt by communities and families across the country.
On February 15, 2019, the president signed the FY2019 Appropriations Act, which saved EPA from the proposed 33.7% cuts originally proposed by the administration, allocating…
EPN shared information about the effects of a government shutdown on EPA’s ability to do its work before and during the shutdown. Shutdowns are disruptive,…
EPA joined the ongoing partial government shutdown at midnight, Friday, December 28. Over 13,000 employees were furloughed, and only national security and emergency staff remained.…
On December 22, 2018, a partial government shutdown began for nine executive departments, including EPA, due to an impasse over Trump's demands for $5.7 billion…
While the House and Senate rejected the severe budget cuts proposed by the Trump Administration for FY2019, their proposed appropriations for EPA were quite different,…
EPN has produced a 10-page analysis of the Trump Administration's FY2019 budget, which proposed astonishing cuts to staff and essential programs and puts at risk…
The Trump Administration's proposed FY2019 budget hit EPA the hardest of any major agency. EPN produced a 4-page summary of the proposal, breaking down the…
The Trump Administration proposed massive cuts for EPA in its FY2019 budget plan, which aims to eliminate almost 50 programs and make significant cuts to…
The Trump Administration's proposed FY2019 budget slashed EPA's budget at an unprecedented level, threatening core programs that protect the health of the environment and the…
David Coursen, EPN member and former EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed about the Trump Administration’s attacks on state-level environmental protection efforts, from…
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, is interviewed about the progress on Montana’s Superfund…
Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, wrote this op-ed about the many lessons to be learned by our political leaders…
EPN member Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, is quoted in this article about the…
EPN member Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, is quoted in this article about the growing risks from the partial government shutdown,…
EPN member Brenda Mallory, former EPA Principal Deputy General Counsel under the Obama administration, is quoted in this article about EPA employees working on lead dust…
EPN members Dan Costa, former EPA Director of National Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, and Bob Kavlock, former EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office…
