This resource describes state need, challenges, and problem solving, and asks Congress for increased federal support for state implementation of federal programs.
Resources
National Environmental Protection: The Role of States
This resource describes the role states play in protecting human health and the environment and challenges faced, and asks Congress and EPA to financially support state environmental agency implementation of…
Request for Proposals for E-Enterprise Website Redesign
The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to redesign and support the website for a national initiative called E-Enterprise for the Environment (https://e-enterprisefortheenvironment.net). ECOS…
Lessons on State Resilience and Vulnerability to Complex Disasters
Over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states have faced hurricanes, floods, extreme heat events, destructive wildfires, as well as other natural disasters and homeland security threats that…
ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2021 Update
In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards
In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
ECOS PFAS Workplan
This document details what ECOS is doing to help coordinate state and federal environmental agency leaders on PFAS-related issues.
Case Studies on State-Level Risk Communication of PFAS and HABs
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) are two priority contaminants that states struggle to communicate the risks of. Most state environmental and health agencies have oversight…
ECOS Summary of FY19 President’s Budget Request for U.S. EPA
On February 12th, 2018 the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the President’s Budget Requestfor Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. OMB requested a U.S. EPA funding level of $6.15…
