ECOS Urges EPA To Maintain ‘Robust’ Research As ORD Faces Uncertain Fate

The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is urging EPA and Congress to continue to support “robust scientific research and development capabilities” as Trump administration officials weigh shuttering the agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), saying states lack the resources to replace EPA’s scientific functions. “Under the cooperative federalism structure for environmental protection, states collaborate with and rely on the U.S. EPA to provide sound science,” the group of state environmental commissioners said in an April 16 statement ...