Earthjustice Blasts House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill

July 25, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill

"This bill is nothing more than a wishlist of hyperpartisan policy priorities that undermine the work of federal agencies and implement an extreme anti-environment and culture war agenda."

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Geoffrey Nolan, [email protected]

Washington, D.C.-

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their FY25 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill. The bill significantly decreases funding levels for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. It also includes numerous policy riders that undermine endangered species protections and provide handouts to polluting industries. After the bill's passage, Earthjustice Legislative Director for Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans Addie Haugheyissued the following statement:

"This bill is nothing more than a wishlist of hyperpartisan policy priorities that undermine the work of federal agencies and implement an extreme anti-environment and culture war agenda. It strips critical funding from the agencies tasked with fighting climate change and biodiversity loss, protecting public health, and addressing legacy environmental injustices. It is filled with ridiculous and unnecessary riders that do everything from putting endangered species at risk of extinction to giving handouts to polluting industries to doubling down on culture wars that seek to divide our country and harm the most vulnerable. We need Congress to pass funding bills that address the real problems we face, and this bill is not the answer."

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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