Final FY21 Spending Deal Includes Boost for Numerous EPA Programs

Lawmakers are releasing a final fiscal year 2021 spending deal that would provide EPA with a nearly 2 percent funding boost above current levels, while retaining several policy riders from prior years but not an array of new restrictions that House Democrats had proposed. The appropriations deal, unveiled Dec. 21 , is part of a broader end-of-year agreement that also includes numerous authorizations for EPA and other federal agencies -- including an EPA-implemented phase down of the potent greenhouse gas...