"EPA: Trump Calls For Cutting Budget By 30%, Slashing 3,800 Jobs"

"President Trump has proposed a dramatic downsizing of U.S. EPA.

The White House released its "fat" budget proposal for fiscal 2018 today, expanding on its plans for massive spending cuts at the agency.

Overall, Trump wants to slash EPA by about 30 percent, taking spending down from more than $8 billion in fiscal 2017 to $5.7 billion for fiscal 2018.

The president would cut about a fifth of EPA's workforce. The budget envisions roughly 11,600 employees working at the agency, down from more than 15,000 today."

Kevin Bogardus reports for Greenwire May 23, 2017.

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"How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt’s E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and Gas" (New York Times)

"Trump Budget Plan Targets Climate Science, Clean Energy Innovation for Deep Cuts" (InsideClimate News)

"GOP, Democratic Lawmakers Vow To Defeat Trump Plan Cutting Chesapeake Bay Funds" (Washington Post)

"Budget: Trump Plan Reverses Obama Energy And Environment Policies" (Greenwire)

"Trump Lays Out $1T Infrastructure Vision In Budget Request" (The Hill)

"Summers: Budget Plan Has ‘Egregious’ Accounting Error" (The Hill)

"Trump Budget Slashes EPA Funding, Opens Alaska Refuge To Drilling" (The Hill)