Core Programs Fact Sheets

For almost 50 years, EPA has worked to protect the air, water, and land through core programs and actions that support its mission to protect human health and the environment. Without a budget that provides adequate funding, EPA cannot fully meet these obligations. EPN has created fact sheets to explain what this country would lose without EPA’s core programs.

August 12, 2020

Increasing Funding to Protect Public Health and the Environment

Additional EPA and state resources are needed to adequately protect public health and the environment. As the budgets of EPA and states have shrunk, their…

Budget & Appropriations Analyses Budget and Appropriations

February 10, 2020

The Administration’s FY2021 Budget Proposal Puts EPA’s Core Programs in Danger

To clarify the implications of the Trump administration's FY2021 budget proposal, EPN produced a fact sheet on EPA's core work and why it matters, as…

Core Programs Fact Sheets FY2021 Budget Cuts

March 13, 2019

The Administration’s FY2020 Budget Proposal Puts EPA’s Mission and Core Programs in Jeopardy

In light of the Trump Administration's FY2020 budget proposal that included a 31% cut to EPA, EPN produced an overarching fact sheet on EPA's core…

Core Programs Fact Sheets FY2020 Budget Cuts

February 12, 2018

EPA’s Core Programs Under Attack in FY2019 Budget Proposal

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…

Core Programs Fact Sheets FY2019 Budget Cuts

February 12, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Waste

Starting with the 1976 Resource Recovery and Conservation Act, the EPA has been instrumental in ensuring adequate hazardous waste management, banning waste dumping, and preventing…

Budget and Appropriations Core Programs Fact Sheets

February 12, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Chemicals and Pesticides

The EPA protects Americans from the risks of toxic chemicals and pesticides by evaluating new chemicals, reviewing the safety of existing chemicals, supporting compliance with…

Budget and Appropriations Chemicals & Pesticides

February 11, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Science

Science is at the core of nearly everything the EPA does in order to protect American’s health and environment—from toxicology, to engineering—and the EPA meets…

Budget and Appropriations Core Programs Fact Sheets

February 11, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Environmental Enforcement

By providing reliable and transparent data, inspecting facilities, stopping environmental crimes, and pursuing polluters, the EPA ensures that American citizens have a healthy environment to…

Budget and Appropriations Core Programs Fact Sheets

February 11, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Clean Water

The EPA ensures that Americans have safe drinking water, and that rivers, lakes, streams, and coastal waters are kept clean. This includes setting limits on…

Budget and Appropriations Clean Water Fact Sheet

July 10, 2018

Pruitt’s only saving grace was an inability to advance his proposals — Wheeler won’t have that problem

EPN Executive Director Michelle Roos and her co-author focus on how their polluted childhood hometown of Pittsburgh was transformed into a clean and thriving city…

In The News via The Hill

November 28, 2017

EPA Set to Mark Its 47th Anniversary

Interviewed by KJZZ in Phoenix, Ruth Greenspan Bell is a public policy scholar, former federal employee who managed EPA lawyers, and a founding member of…

In The News via KJZZ Radio