On Monday, March 11, 2019, the Trump Administration announced its FY2020 budget proposal, once again seeking a 31% cut to EPA and putting in jeopardy the agency’s mission and core programs. For almost 50 years, the EPA has worked to protect the air, water, and land through core programs and actions that support its mission to protect human health and the environment. Without a budget that provides adequate funding, EPA cannot fully meet these obligations. Public health and the environment in which Americans live, work and enjoy this country’s vast natural resources are at risk. To help clarify all that is at stake, EPN created this 2-page overview of EPA’s core work, as well as an analysis of the health impacts of proposed cuts to core programs, and core program fact sheets and clean water summaries.
Read full overview: EPA Core Work—Why It Matters
Read the analysis: FY2020 Proposed Cuts That Impact Human Health
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Clean Air
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Clean Water
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Read the summary: FY2020 Proposed Cuts to Clean Water
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Read the summary: FY2020 Proposed Cuts to Clean Drinking Water
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Science
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Superfund
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Hazardous Waste
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Chemicals and Pesticides
Read the fact sheet: EPA Core Programs: Enforcement
Also in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year, EPN produced and in-depth analysis of the budget and its inadequate funding, which results in the erosion of EPA and it mission to protect human health and the environment.
Read budget analysis: Trump Administration’s 2020 Budget Proposal