The new budget proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agency's budget 13 percent to $8.97 billion as the agency faces Republican demands to limit its funding and authority.The fiscal 2012 budget proposed today is a $1.3 billion reduction from 2010, the last time federal agencies had an enacted budget. It calls for cutting aid to states for water quality by 27 percent to $2.54 billion and reducing funds to restore the Great Lakes by 26 percent to $350 million.
