Green Acre Radio: Congressional proposals would curb EPA

Inside the fight over the federal budget are thrusts at the heart of environmental protection nationally.

Hidden within the budget battle raging in Washington D.C. are proposals to permanently stop the EPA from curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Another proposal would cut the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by a third. Environmentalists call it an unprecedented attack. They say the country’s bedrock environmental protections are a moving target. Green Acre Radio checks in with the Center for Biological Diversity, Climate Solutions, and the Sierra Club.

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About the Author

Martha Baskin is an environmental reporter, whose work on the subject began with a project for the King Conservation District. Green Acre Radio was born shortly afterwards. She was one of the founding reporters for Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News and has been a contributor to the National Radio Project's Making Contact.

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