"House Republicans Chop Clean Water, Air, Wildlife Funding"

"The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee has approved a restrictive spending bill for Fiscal Year 2012 that allows uranium mining on public lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon, prohibits funding for the U.S. EPA to set greenhouse gas standards, and exempts oil and utility companies from the Clean Air Act.

The EPA's budget would be cut by $1.5 billion and the Interior Department would take a $715 million hit under the bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.

In total, the bill includes $27.5 billion in spending - a reduction of $2.1 billion below last year's level and $3.8 billion below President Barack Obama's budget request for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and other independent and related agencies.

The Republican members of the committee have used the bill to take aim at the EPA in particular."

Environment News Service had the story July 14, 2011.

SEE ALSO:

"Would Looser Environmental Regulations Help the Economy?" (McClatchy)

"Study: Power Plant Clean-Ups to Benefit West Virginians" (WV State Journal)

"San Joaquin Restoration Meets Resistance in Congress" (McClatchy)

"Spending Bill Deals Steep Budget Cuts to EPA, Interior" (Federal Times)

"EPA Carbon Rules Delayed in House Panel’s Bill Cutting Funding" (Bloomberg)

"GOP-Run House Targeting Environmental Rules" (Baltimore Sun/B'More Green)