Now Trump accused of 'environmental racism'
'Burden of cuts will fall hardest on health of low-income Americans and people of color'
Published: 12 hours ago
President Trump’s administration is being accused of “environmental racism” after it proposed slashing the Environmental Protection Agency budget by nearly one-quarter.
The EPA’s $8.1 billion budget is 20 percent smaller than it was when the GOP took control of the House in 2011, and now President Trump’s budget proposal calls for cutting its budget 24 percent, or $2 billion, and reducing the agency’s workforce 20 percent, or 3,000 employees, according to Axios.
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