• Advocacy for FY24 appropriations requests for EPA programs supporting grants for diesel emissions reductions, targeted airsheds and wildfire prevention. Advocacy in response to EPA proprosed rulemaking.
• Advocate for air quality improvement grant programs like Targeted Airshed and the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA). Advocate for air quality improvement programs and wildfire hazard mitigation programs funded by the Farm Bill. Engage with Congressional staff and EPA on air quality standards regulations and District attainment plans.

Duration: October 1, 2023 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality)

Spending: about $65,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service