Trump’s EPA cuts risk fight with state’ environmental agencies

By John Siciliano

Published April 24, 2017 4:00am ET

Trump’s EPA cuts risk fight with state’ environmental agencies — The Environmental Council of the States, representing state air, land and water regulators, said the cuts to states were more massive than expected. While EPA’s overall budget is cut 31 percent, the cuts made to the state grant programs would be a 44.5 percent cut from the agency's fiscal 2017 budget, according to the group. | Spondylolithesis

President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies could evolve quickly into a fight over state funding.

Despite the Trump administration’s talk of renewed cooperation with the states, the president’s budget blueprint released last month not only cuts the EPA’s budget but also slices away at money meant for the states.