Facing Severe Budget Cuts, Officials Urge EPA Staff To 'Ride This Out'

Seeking to shore up agency morale in the face of draconian budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration, former Obama EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, as well as other current and former agency officials, are urging career staff at the agency to continue their current work while downplaying conc...

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Published inInside EPA's Risk Policy Report Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 1 - 13
Main Author Reeves, Dawn
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Inside Washington Publishers 21.03.2017
Subjects
Budgets
Climate change
Environmental policy
Funding
Mulvaney, Mick
National security
Presidents
R&D
Research & development
Science
United States > US
Oklahoma
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ISSN2164-7887

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Summary:Seeking to shore up agency morale in the face of draconian budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration, former Obama EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, as well as other current and former agency officials, are urging career staff at the agency to continue their current work while downplaying concerns that the budget plan will be the final word on the issue. "In the EPA's case their funding has been reduced by over 20 percent since 2011 anyway," Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a veteran lawmaker who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, told Inside EPA last month. Robert Kavlock, ORD's acting assistant administrator, echoed McCarthy's views, telling staff in a March 16 email obtained by Inside EPA that any final budget is still a long way off and subject to congressional input. [...]on the March 17 press call, Clinton-era EPA Administrator Carol Browner offered a strong defense of agency science, noting that carrying out the agency's duties under the laws "require science" and "the degree to which this budget eliminates investments in science and the scientists' work at the agency undermines everything the agency does." [...]she noted splits within the Trump administration on climate change, with White House Office of Management &...
ISSN:2164-7887