31% Budget Cuts at EPA would mean

• 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