Bush Seeks Nearly 6 Pct Cut in Environment Funding

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Monday proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agency budget by nearly 6 percent to $7.57 billion in fiscal 2006 by targeting a program that helps cities replace aging sewage systems.

The EPA said the requested reduction was part of the federal government's overall belt-tightening, but environmental groups said it would hurt an important clean water program.

Total EPA funding would decline from $8 billion, which Congress allocated in the current budget year for the agency to protect the nation's air, water and land. In 2004, the EPA had a budget of $8.4 billion.

Acting EPA administrator Steve Johnson defended the plan as "a strong request that allows us to keep up the pace of environmental protections" and said the cuts were part of the administration's larger deficit-cutting plan. The White House is facing a record federal budget deficit.

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[VegasWolf]

1. Well, the EPA is just a nuisance to the neocons anyways. n/t

[StandardBushHater]

2. We should set an example

We take the extra cash from all our major environmental groups and use the cash to replace what is missing. That would send a strong message.

[Erika]

3. Money for sewer infrastructure in Iraq

while our own environmental needs are cut back?

My Kerry/Edwards yardsign will remain up until if falls apart from weather and age. We want everyone around us to know we didn't vote for W.

[Kimber Scott]

4. Quit sending our money to IRAQ you F'N bastards! nt

[jean]

5. bush doesn't protect God's creation. bush is antithetical to christianity.

just started reading Jim Wallis' "God's Politics" and he says having good envirionmental policy is protecting God's creation.

[hatrack]

6. Who needs environmental regulation?

After all, we've got all the faith-based toxics monitoring we need, with plenty of win-win voluntary solutions coming right up.

You know, where as long as corporations voluntariy report spills, releases and other "oopses", they don't have to pay any fines or face any sanctions.

[Erika]

7. Nixon is rolling over at the EVIL this group is doing

to the environment. He started the EPA because the public said they have had enough of environmental degradation to support big business.

One of the few things I admired about Nixon. This plan allows polluters to go scot free for illegal emissions as long as they keep stats for some study that could be done some time in the future.

Again, we are paying to rebuild Iraq sewer systems but not our own. You'ld think Bush was the king of corporate globalism rather than representing us. Oh, we know that.

[jus_the_facts]

8. Just get RID of it altogether...it's impotent and a WASTE anyway....

....RIGHT along with the Dept of Education...and all other Departments meant for oversight and regulation. :evilfrown: :nopity:

[frictionlessO]

9. thats the conclusion Im coming to as well.... no money except

for energy and military industrial complex.

Leave at least half the children behind, leave most of the environment behind, leave the first responders behind, leave the farmers behind...

PNAC and the neoCONS most destroy everything that isnt to their liking!

I wish some so called independents and moderates would get a clue and realize that the neoCONS are the ones bringing death and destruction on like a 7 course meal. Fence sitters need to wake up.