Senate FY20 report includes multiple policy directives to EPA

Senate appropriators in a report released alongside their draft fiscal year 2020 spending bill for EPA offer numerous directives to the agency on a range of topics, including suggesting that the agency use its controversial authority to block a high-profile mining project. Both the FY20 spending bill and the accompanying report language were approved by the full Senate Appropriations Committee Sept. 26, though there is broader uncertainty about whether Congress can enact many spending bills this year or whether they...