Would You Like Some Lead? Sewage? Great! Shitstain's Budget Cuts Clean Water Grants To States By 90%

President Donald Trump promises clean water for every American, but his latest budget eviscerates federal funding to replace toxic lead pipes, filter out forever chemicals and keep sewage out of lakes and streams. Clean water grants to states would be cut to $303.5 million, down from $2.76 billion set aside in President Joe Biden’s last budget. Illinois’ share would dip to $11 million, compared with $105.5 million this year.

States loan the money to cities and towns at low interest rates, enabling communities to spread out the cost of critical government services people take for granted, such as replacing leaky street mains, maintaining treatment plants and rehabbing water towers. Principal payments often are waived for low-income municipalities.

Under Biden the government expanded decades-old programs to speed up the removal of lead pipes in older cities like Chicago and begin to protect Americans from forever chemicals — cancer-causing compounds also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. Trump and his far-right acolytes are pushing to shortchange those efforts in part to award tax breaks that largely would benefit the ultra-wealthy. The Republican-controlled Congress appears to be along for the ride.

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Asked how significantly pared-down grant programs square with Trump’s promises of a clean, healthy environment, the EPA issued a statement: “These resources reflect the administration’s commitment to environmental stewardship, cooperative federalism, and delivering results that make a real difference in Americans’ lives. EPA is focused on returning the agency to administering core statutory obligations as Congress intended.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-donald-trump-promises-clean-100000611.html