GOP Wants to Cut EPA Funding, Keep Oil Subsidies

http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/gop-proposes-1.6-billion-cut-to-epa-budget-defends-4-billion-in-oil-subsidi

Marian Wang of Propublica writes:

"Republicans unveiled a budget plan on Wednesday that proposed a $1.6 billion cut [1] to the Environmental Protection Agency, an agency whose authority they have sought to curtail, while business trade groups [2] have complained about the burden placed on them by agency regulations. Politico also reported that the GOP's proposal would hit the Energy Department hard [3], with a proposal to cut energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in half."