GOP Puget Sound Restoration Budget Cuts; More Cuts Increase Risks from Oil Spills in Canada

(Before It's News)

Budget-cutters take aim at key Puget Sound projects. A budget proposal unveiled this week by Senate Republicans would completely eliminate some of the most important efforts to restore Puget Sound and slash others to a fraction of their current funding.

Coast guard union warns that more cuts increase risk from spills. Amid criticism about the Canadian Coast Guard’s response to last week’s fuel spill in Vancouver’s English Bay, imminent cuts to communication centers could have disastrous consequences for managing future oil spills.

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