The President Wants to Cut Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 -- 8:02 AM
(WRN) -President Donald Trump wants to cut the funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90 percent in his 2020 budget.The president includes just 30 million dollars for the work to remove toxic pollution, fight invasive species and deal with other long-standing environmental problems. The program has been receiving 300-million dollars-a-year since it was started in 2010.
Congress rejected this reduction when the president proposed it last year.
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