2017-Mar-22
US Budget Cuts to EPA Threaten Great Lakes Protection Funding
There has been a lot in the US news about the upcoming budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). Several sources have indicated that the cuts to the EPA will have a direct severe impact on the Great Lakes Protection Fund activities. This is of grave concern to the GBA. We will continue to monitor and communicate information on this threat as it becomes available.
Attached are a number of items that regarding the recent discussion around the cuts to spending on Great Lakes protection proposed by the Trump Administration.
In order these are;
- Some key talking points to reference when talking with government officials.
- A sample letter to President Trump that has been written by Healing Our Water Coalition.
- A response that one of our US members received from her Congress representative.
- A Globe and Mail article on the importance of water to Canadians.
- A Globe and Mail article on Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna’s meeting with her US counterpart to discuss the importance of maintaining funding of Great Lakes protection.
We will keep you posted on this important issue as it unfolds.
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