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NRDC: Spending Bill Weakens Health, Environment Protections, Cuts EPA Budget

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 — House and Senate appropriators have put forward a bill that includes substantial cuts in the enforcement budget of the Environmental Protection Agency and a number of provisions that would thwart efforts to protect health and the environment.  But the bill does not include the most damaging proposals Republicans had made to undermine environmental protection.

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Scott Slesinger, legislative director of the Natural Resources Defense Council legislative, made the following statement:

“This bill…

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