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Washington Post: EPA budget cuts put states in bind

Posted Thu, 2011/06/23 - 9:13am by RCAP

The June 20 Washington Post carried this article that begins:

"When congressional Republicans cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 16 percent as part of a deal with President Obama in April to keep the government running, they hailed it as a blow to a federal bureaucracy that had overreached in its size and ambition.

EPA’s FY 2012 budget proposal reflects tough choices needed for the nation’s fiscal health

Posted Tue, 2011/02/15 - 12:23pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration proposed a FY 2012 budget of $8.973 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Feb. 14. This proposal reflects President Obama’s commitment to ensuring the government lives within its means while ensuring that EPA can carry out its core mission: protecting public health and our environment while reducing air and water pollution in communities across America.

This budget proposal represents about a 13 percent decrease from the FY 2010 budget of $10.3 billion.