As Biden Threatens Veto, Groups Oppose ‘Audacious’ EPA Spending Bill

President Joe Biden is threatening to veto House legislation slashing EPA’s budget in fiscal year 2025, bolstering calls from the agency’s largest labor union and a coalition of environmental justice (EJ) groups who are pressing lawmakers to oppose what they call an “audacious” bill that could reverse progress on EJ, climate and racial justice. The full House this week is expected to consider H.R. 8998 , legislation that would cut EPA’s funding by 20 percent in FY25 and enact nearly...