Environmental Protection Agency

Scott Pruitt has called for the dissolution of much of the EPA's authority yet now runs the Environmental Protection Agency.  He is a seasoned legal opponent of the agency and is unfortunately an effective tool for Trump's efforts to dismantle regulations on climate change and clean water and "get rid" of the agency.  In general, Pruitt and the administration are waging a war against science, safety, and common sense in order to benefit their favored corporate interests.

In SmartDissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are detailing many of the White House proposed budget cuts.  A prime eample of the importance of this series in the proposed impacts to the Environmental Protection Agency.  We seek to learn and share what's hidden beneath the surface.  While climate change denial and associated concerns have dominated the discussion of the massive funding cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, far more is at stake in a variety of ways.

Representative Matt Gaetz (FL-1) has filed legislation named "To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency" (H.R. 861). According to the Louisville Courrier-Journal, the bill would "create chaos" and result in a dramatically underfunded, haphazard effort to protect our planet.