Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding Unsurprisingly, greens will find little to love in President Bush's proposed $2.77 trillion budget for fiscal year 2007. It calls for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, estimating $7 billion in revenue by 2008 from leasing drilling rights -- nearly triple the $2.4 billion forecast in last year's budget (how'd that work out?). The U.S. EPA's allocation would decrease by 4 percent to about $7 billion, with cuts to many clean-water programs -- that would be the fourth annual decrease to EPA's budget in a row. $10.8 million would be slashed from clean-air and climate-change research, but grants to promote less-polluting off-road diesel engines would rise dramatically, from $7 million to $50 million. The budget includes an expected initiative to revivify nuclear power, via $250 million for research into the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. straight to the source: The Wall Street Journal, John J. Fialka, 07 Feb 2006 (access ain't free) straight to the source: The Washington Post, Amy Goldstein, 07 Feb 2006 straight to the source: The Seattle Times, Alicia Mundy and Alison Granito, 07 Feb 2006 straight to the source: Reuters, Lisa Lambert, 06 Feb 2006 straight to " I challenge anyone to live on my salary " [$158,000 a year]. Tom Delay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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