Factoid/2010/02/23
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EPA Budget Requests Real Money for Great Lakes Cleanup
- "The [Fiscal Year EPA] 2011 budget request supports national ecosystem restoration efforts; $300 million is requested for the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater system in the world. This multiagency restoration effort represents the federal governments commitment to significantly advance Great Lakes protection, with an investment of over $775 million over two years. The focus is on addressing critical environmental issues such as contaminated sediments and toxics, nonpoint source pollution, habitat degradation and loss, and invasive species, including Asian carp." - quote from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson. Quote appeared in this statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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