EPA Would Shrink to 1970 Staffing Levels—‘When the Skies Were Dark With Smog’—Under Proposed Plan

Michelle Roos was also quoted in Inside Climate News about budget and staffing cuts, saying, “A 65 percent cut would gut the agency and bring EPA to the lowest level of staffing since EPA was created in 1970, when the skies were dark with smog, toxic rivers caught fire and pollution was a leading cause of premature death.”