Amid EPA Cutbacks, State Air Regulators Urge Congress To Boost Funds

Despite a wave of spending cuts underway at EPA, state air regulators are urging congressional appropriators to boost their funding to implement Clean Air Act (CAA) programs, warning that funding cuts to states would spur “profound” environmental and economic harms to Americans. In April 4 testimony to the House Appropriations Committee panel on interior and environment, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), representing air agencies in 40 states, urged appropriators to adequately fund state activities in the EPA...