I Ran George W. Bush’s EPA—and Trump’s Cuts to the Agency Would Endanger Lives
The president’s funding proposal would significantly reduce resources for programs that mitigate air pollution and protect the Great Lakes.
Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the administration’s new spending proposal as a “hard-power budget,” and by design it echoes President Trump’s top campaign priorities—namely, national security. But to create additional funding for defense programs and immigration enforcement, the budget would cut funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent.
The EPA isn’t the only agency slated to suffer, but it is absorbing the largest blow. Faced with a cut of $2.6 billion, it would stand to lose approximately one-third of its total budget, cutting its resources
