Shake-up at EPA threatens Energy Star, climate offices
A proposal by the Trump administration to reorganize the Environmental Protection Agency targets divisions that house its climate change offices as well as Energy Star, a widely popular program designed to help lower energy costs for American households. A chart of the proposed reorganization reviewed by The Times on Tuesday showed plans for vast changes to the Office of Air and Radiation, where the programs are currently held, among several other divisions. … And yet, perhaps the most dramatic cuts may be to the agency’s main office devoted to understanding, tracking and combating climate change, which is housed under the same division set for a shuffle.
Other EPA news:
- Union of Concerned Scientists: Blog: Wetlands and streams face a new threat from the Trump administration
- Farm and Dairy: Blog: EPA seeks clarity, once and for all, on ‘Waters of the US’
- Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo: Blog: California’s SB 601: Protecting water quality in a post-Sackett world
- Bloomberg Law: Trump’s EPA shifts to make Superfund cleanups a central mission
- E&E News by Politico: Congress kills EPA air mandate, moves to undo NPS lands rule
- Wiley: Blog: EPA announces major actions on PFAS and the TSCA new chemical program