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Trump Plan to Slash EPA Budget Goes Even Deeper, New Memo Shows

Inside Climate News: In addition to halting regulatory action on climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency would stop studying the science and would end all industry partnerships to curb emissions as part of the Trump administration's plan to slash the agency's budget 31 percent, a new document shows.

The detailed budget draft, first reported on Saturday by the Washington Post, shows how EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his team propose to slice $2.5 billion from the agency's spending next year and lay off 25 percent of its employees. Congress undoubtedly will balk at some of the proposed cuts; some Republicans on Capitol Hill already have voiced opposition to the elimination of programs important to their constituents, like infrastructure assistance for Great Lakes restoration projects and for native villages in Alaska.

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