During the Trump administration, EPA was hit with massive proposed budget cuts in the President’s Budget. EPN created in-depth analyses of these proposals and iterations during the appropriations process to provide a summary of and background information about these proposed funding cuts and staff reductions. EPN will continue to analyze budget proposals as needed to highlight the necessity for an essential and overdue investment in the agency that protects public health and the environment.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2026 CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate (509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org Clean Air and Safe Water at Risk Under Trump…
House Republicans released an appropriations bill that slashes funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as states and tribes, by 23 percent. [Read…
EPN sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in support of the President’s proposed FY2022 EPA…
As appropriation negotiations between the House and Senate continued, EPN produced a table comparing the FY2020 enacted budget, the FY2021 House appropriations bill, and the…
EPN produced an analysis of the Trump administration's proposed FY2021 budget, which slashed EPA's budget by 27% and continued efforts to dismantle the agency program…
EPN produced analysis of the Trump Administration's proposed FY2020 budget, which slashed EPA's budget by 31% and continued the evisceration of the agency. [Read more]
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.…
