The consequences for the attacks on the EPA and other agencies are “all connected”, said the former EPA official Kyla Bennett, now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit.
“By cutting the Clean Water Act and wetland protection, flooding is going to be worse, and by getting rid of FEMA there won’t be money to rebuild your house when it burns down or is flooded out,” she said. “If you take the holistic views on putting oil and gas execs in charge of the EPA while simultaneously gutting the agency of scientists, and getting rid of NOAA and FEMA – it’s a recipe for disaster.”