Zeldin, White House say EPA's 65% cuts are on spending, not staffing
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said recent ...
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Republicans Once Supported “Green Banks.” Trump Aims to End Them.
The $20 billion he is trying to recover is money that Congress passed in 2022 for a program known as the “Greenhouse Gas ...
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EPA Would Shrink to 1970 Staffing Levels—‘When the Skies Were Dark With Smog’—Under Proposed Plan
Trump presented EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s plan at a cabinet meeting devoted to a massive rollback in the size of the ...
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EPA Backtracks on Trump Comment About Cutting Staff by 65% but Says Major Spending Cuts Are Coming
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said recent layoffs at EPA, coupled with Zeldin's comments about sharp spending cuts ...
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EPA backtracks on Trump comment about cutting staff by 65% but says major spending cuts are coming
A White House spokeswoman said the 65% figure referred to expected spending cuts at the agency, rather than staffing levels, a comment that was amplified by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ... sabotage ...