A.G. Schneiderman Leads 13 States Calling on Congress to Reject ‘Deep And Damaging’ EPA Cuts, Anti-Environmental Budget Riders
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Joining Attorney General Schneiderman in the letter are the Attorneys General of
"As it stands, these budget bills would lead to untold - and perhaps irreparable - damage to clean water, air, and communities throughout
The bulk of the proposed cuts fall on central activities of
As the
In addition, both the
The coalition's letter highlights concerns about the
The letter also flags several troubling policy riders added to the
- Create a dangerous precedent by allowing
- Delay the implementation of health-based standards for smog pollution for 10 years - even though 115 million Americans, including at least 1 in 3 New Yorkers, currently breathe air with harmful levels of smog.
- Block common-sense regulations for controlling emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the oil and natural gas industry. Controlling methane - which saves the industry money from the recovery of valuable natural gas - also reduces emissions of smog-forming pollutants, and hazardous air pollutants, including benzene and formaldehyde.
Finally, the coalition letter argues that there is a strong argument that more - not less - funding for
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