because bush doesn't give a f'k about the environment

Critics: Bush's budget harms Great Lakes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - President Bush's proposed budget would shortchange efforts to clean up the Great Lakes and prevent the worsening of problems such as sewage overflows and exotic species invasions, critics said Wednesday.

Federal spending for Great Lakes water quality programs would be slashed 16 percent from this year's total under the president's fiscal 2009 spending plan released this week, advocacy groups said.

They called on Congress — and candidates in this year's election — to devote more money to the lakes, which make up nearly one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water supply.

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