Trump, Zeldin ‘In Lock Step’ On Plan To Slash 65 Percent Of EPA Spending

The Trump administration is preparing to cut 65 percent of EPA spending, a goal that is likely to decimate the agency and raise significant doubts about officials’ ability to comply with legal deadlines and address “high-risk” programs, though EPA says the administrator is “in lock step” on the plan. Trump told reporters during a Feb. 26 cabinet meeting that Zeldin “thinks he’ll be cutting 65 percent of the people from [the] environmental” agency. A White House spokesman later clarified that...