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White House Budget Leaves Great Lakes on Thin Ice
The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has been reviewing President Bush’s proposed White House budget that was released on Monday.
The verdict: not good for the Great Lakes.
Our early take on the budget holds.
Read for yourself how Great Lakes programs fared in a spreadsheet comparing the White House budget request with enacted spending levels.
The biggest single cut is to a program to help communities modernize old wastewater treatment facilities to prevent sewage contamination. You can read how the cuts will affect each Great Lakes state here.
Read the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition press release here.
3 Responses to “White House Budget Leaves Great Lakes on Thin Ice”
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February 6th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
[...] received a link to this post, White House Budget Leaves Great Lakes on Thin Ice and I really recommend heading over to read the information that is shared there. The Healing Our [...]
February 6th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Thank you for a very informative post, I hope people pay attention to how this will affect us and start contacting their elected representatives in Washington ASAP.
February 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
[...] February 6, Great Lakes Information Network White House Budget Leaves Great Lakes Programs on Thin Ice President Bush’s proposed budget fails to turn the tide against the growing threats of sewage pollution, invasive species and other problems compromising the health of the Great Lakes, the Healing our Waters Great Lakes Coalition warned today. The White House budget leaves the Great Lakes on thin ice and underscores the need for the U.S. Congress to act now to address the serious threats to the lakes. Every day we wait the problems get worse and the solutions more costly, said Jeff Skelding, national campaign director for the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. Read more… [...]