Economic, Environmental Ripple Effects Feared from Potential EPA Downsizing in North Carolina

Economic, Environmental Ripple Effects Feared from Potential EPA Downsizing in North Carolina

This story first published online at North Carolina Health News. As the Trump administration keeps pushing to change the focus of scientific research and roll back environmental regulations—moves that critics say favor industry over public health—members of North Carolina’s scientific and environmental communities are speaking out. They’re raising alarms about the effect of the EPA’s stated goal of dismantling its environmental research arm, inc…