Environmentalists Stress Support For EPA Ahead Of Trump, GOP Assault

Environmentalists are gearing up to preserve and defend EPA ahead of the second Trump administration, stressing the strong support from Republicans and other voters that the agency enjoys as the president elect and his allies prepare to launch a new and potentially stronger push to gut the agency, cut its budget and halt key enforcement work. Post-election polling showing significant support for EPA and its budget indicate “there just isn’t the stomach for those kinds of assaults,” Jeremy Symons, a...