Limited EPA Transparency On Shutdown ‘Carryover’ Funds Spurs Questions

EPA is releasing a historically low amount of information about its use of “carryover” funds for staff to continue deregulation, oil and gas permitting and other priorities during the ongoing government shutdown even as it is furloughing other workers -- a dynamic that is sparking significant confusion and swirling rumors within the agency. Workers at the agency do not know if or when they will be furloughed, and EPA is continually declining to reveal how it is spending carryover money,...