Bush's federal budget goes light on R and D

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President George W. Bush asked Congress to raise federal research and development spending 5.8% more than the current fiscal year to $95.3 billion, however closer look shows that outside of defense, education and health, total federal spending on all other departments of research and development would decline. Environmental research and development, including natural resources, is allocated approximately $2.1 billion out of the budget, which is a 3.2% drop from 2001's fiscal year. The Environmental Protection Agency will have budget cuts of $3 million on particulate matter research, $6.3 million on key air pollutant research, and $3.3 million on toxic air pollutants research.

Government expenditures, Budget, Statistical Data Included, Economic policy, Statistics, Budgeting, Budgets, Bush, George W.

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Twenty states join federal government to facilitate innovative technology use

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Some 20 states and several federal agency representatives are participating in projects conducted by the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation (ITRC), a group created by the federal government in 1994 to evaluate the use innnovative cleanup technologies. ITRC is funded by the Dept. of Energy under its Demonstration of On-Site Technologies program. It aims to help the government save as much as $40 billion annually in cleanup costs by recommending the use of innovative systems over well-known environmental technologies.

Technology Assessment, Management, Evaluation, Environmental policy

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Putting the brakes on clean cars

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A proposal to reduce the sulfur content in gasoline is being hotly debated. Proponents say conventional high-sulfur gasoline can impair the function of even the advanced catalytic converters in so-called low-emission vehicles (LEVs). Automakers are planning to introduce LEVs in all states by 2001, with the Big Three intending to launch their own models in northeastern states by the end of 1998. Critics of the proposal, however, say that it is too strict and would drive small refineries out of business. The American Petroleum Institute (API) even claims that the effect of sulfur on catalysts is reversible.

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Proposal to reduce the sulfur content in gasoline is being hotly debated

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Petroleum Refineries, Gasoline, Article

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