A new report from a national environmental watchdog found Alabama reduced the budget for its department of environmental management by about 49% from 2010 to 2024.
Only three states cut their environmental agencies’ budgets by more than Alabama did over that time period, according to a report released early Wednesday from the Environmental Integrity Project, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
“Not only will the federal pollution cop no longer be on the beat, state authorities may not show up either,” the report says. “Many states will not be able to shoulder more environmental oversight responsibilities because of years of their own cost-cutting.”…