House committee would gut EPA Office of Smart Growth

Removes all funding

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jul 26, 11.

The US House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has passed legislation that would eliminate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Smart Growth, according to New Urban Network.

The nonprofit Smart Growth America is calling for supporters to contact their representatives in support of the program:

Smart growth strategies create the housing, transportation and business resources necessary to keep America competitive in a global, 21st century economy, and the EPA’s Office of Smart Growth is a crucial part of implementing these strategies.

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