Can State Environmental Agencies Fill In For A Failing EPA?

It is far too early to know if the massive non-military budget cuts proposed by the Trump Administration will be enacted by congress, but if they are, the burden on state governments will grow. Over the past year, the Environmental Council of the States, a nonprofit organization of the leaders of state environmental agencies, has surveyed those agencies to collect budget data. Last month they released their findings, which included responses from 48 state and territorial environmental...