Environmental Health

House Passes Spending Bill With EPA Cuts, Riders Targeting Obama Rules

"The House [Thursday] approved a wide-ranging fiscal 2018 spending package that makes cuts in funding to U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, among other agencies, while adding several policy provisions aimed at limiting Obama-era environmental and energy policies."

Source: Greenwire, 09/15/2017

"U.S. House Votes to Block Climate Rules, Using Critical Budget Bill"

"The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to cut funding from key climate protection rules and rejected an attempt to save regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency from being closed. But lawmakers voted against an amendment to cut $1.9 billion from the EPA's budget, which would have dealt a devastating blow to the beleaguered agency."

Source: InsideClimate News, 09/14/2017

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