- 20% reduction in staff from a current strength of 15,000
- That would in turn make the agency less available to emergencies around various states
- Many R&D projects need to be canceled (cut by half)
- US is back to 2004 budget level
- 2010 budget was $10.3B compared to $5.7B now
- Clean air, water and climate change projects will be affected
- Superfunds, used for cleaning toxic sites, will be cut by 34%
- ....and more
- ...and more
- ....and some more
Read some good coverage here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/environmental-protection-agency-budget-cuts/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/budget-epa-state-department-cuts.html?_r=0
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-budget-make-people-sick-epa-veterans-say-569637
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