The Environmental Protection Agency has largely recovered from many of the staff exits and budget cuts that occurred during the Trump administration and, in some ways, has swiftly rebounded. It has banned toxic pesticides, strengthened chemical safety protections and imposed strong climate regulations. Enforcement of pollution laws, which had plummeted under the Trump years, is starting to climb back up. But with next week’s election looming, the agency charged with protecting the environment faces more uncertainty than at any other time since its creation more than 50 years ago. … The agency … issued the first-ever limits in drinking water of PFAS, the “forever” chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems that are present in the tap water of hundreds of millions of Americans. Chemical and manufacturing groups have sued, arguing the E.P.A. exceeded its authority. 

Other election and water articles:

• Newsweek: California’s water plan is worse than Trump’s: Environmentalist
• The Fresno Bee: Editorial: Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ must not again threaten Yosemite, Sequoia parks​
• American Rivers blog: Vote for free-flowing rivers