Puget Sound
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A draft Trump administration plan, proposing deep cuts in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, would slash the EPA’s budget for Puget Sound cleanup by an astounding 93 percent. (emphasis added)
During the current fiscal year, the EPA will have spent $28 million on restoration and monitoring of the Sound. The money has been spread among local governments, Native American tribes and nonprofits.
The Trump EPA proposal would cut that spending to $2 million.
It is part of an overall plan to cut programs and reduce EPA spending from $8.24 billion this fiscal year, to $6.16 in the next fiscal year. A newly released draft plan would also ax 17 percent from the current budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“On the heels of a speech in which President Trump committed to working for clean water and good jobs, this proposal would devastate efforts […]
Since you are one of the people who will be affected, you need to get busy on this. So far it’s just a proposal.
I think you could co-op Trump’s rhetoric by asserting that keeping our waters clean is part of making America great again.