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Trump’s budget would devastate sea lamprey control in Great Lakes

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By Maya Moore 
If Congress approves President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the operations and science budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, the scale and intensity of Great Lakes environmental restoration will be significantly diminished, experts say.   Among the programs that could be dismantled entirely is the 70-year-old program to control sea lampreys, an exotic parasitic fish that attacks game fish and has caused billions of dollars in damage to Great Lakes fisheries.

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Amidst Energy Prices Rise, Trump Kills Jobs, Cuts Off Renewable Energy

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Washington, D.C. — On Friday, the Trump Administration issued a stop work order to the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island. The project is already 80 percent completed—with 45 of its 65 wind turbines already installed—and once completed, Revolution Wind would harness enough offshore wind to power 350,000 homes in Rhode Island … [continued]

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