EPA Gets Budget Reprieve in FY18 But Some Query Whether It Will Last

EPA appears to have largely escaped Trump administration plans to cut its budget by 31 percent in fiscal year 2018 after lawmakers unveiled a spending bill for the remainder of the year that funds the agency at essentially FY17 levels while also increasing funding for key infrastructure programs. And in a victory for Democrats, environmentalists and their allies, the bill also drops most policy riders and also omits funds requested by the Trump administration for staff buyouts that many feared...