Post by Logan on Mar 4, 2017 4:28:56 GMT -6
Puget Sound EPA funding gutted under Trump budget, reports say
SEATTLE - Puget Sound would reportedly lose 93 percent of its funding from the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget.
The Oregonian reports the National Association of Clean Air Agencies obtained a copy of the plan for major environmental cuts under Trump and new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Funding for restoration of Puget Sound would go from $28 million in the fiscal year 2016 to $2 million in 2018.
Some of the deepest cuts reportedly come to programs focusing on environmental education and environmental justice. Pruitt battled the EPA multiple times while serving as attorney general of Oklahoma.
Read more: www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/puget-sound-epa-funding-gutted-under-proposed-trump-budget-reports-say/419537105
SEATTLE - Puget Sound would reportedly lose 93 percent of its funding from the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget.
The Oregonian reports the National Association of Clean Air Agencies obtained a copy of the plan for major environmental cuts under Trump and new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Funding for restoration of Puget Sound would go from $28 million in the fiscal year 2016 to $2 million in 2018.
Some of the deepest cuts reportedly come to programs focusing on environmental education and environmental justice. Pruitt battled the EPA multiple times while serving as attorney general of Oklahoma.
Read more: www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/puget-sound-epa-funding-gutted-under-proposed-trump-budget-reports-say/419537105