With all due respect to Tom Henry, who does excellent environmental reporting for the Toledo Blade, the headline suggestion that the Great Lakes are a "winner" in Bush's budget is valid only in a relative sense. That is, cleanup funding wasn't cut. But Bush's proposed $50M for toxic cleanup is approximately one percent of what is needed. At this pace, in the year 2105 we should have the current mess cleaned up, and be ready to start cleaning up the messes of the 21st Century. Bush always benefits environmentally from the soft bigotry of low expectations.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050209/NEWS06/502090348
Posted by Dave at February 9, 2005 09:23 PM