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At a time when more Hoosiers are getting outside, the legislature has made even more budget cuts to Indiana’s underfunded and understaffed environmental agencies.
The funding for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years will be about 3 percent lower than the current budget. Even though the Indiana Department of Environmental Management received more money from the state s general fund, it will be operating with about 11 percent fewer dollars overall.
The Hoosier Environmental Council said budgets for state environmental agencies haven’t recovered since the 2008 recession making it difficult for them to retain employees and ultimately do their jobs.
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IU’s Janet McCabe confirmed as deputy administrator of EPA under Biden administration
INDIANAPOLIS Janet McCabe, director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute and a professor of practice at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law at IUPUI, has been confirmed by the United States Senate as deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Senate voted today to confirm McCabe as President Joe Biden’s pick to serve in the No. 2 position at the agency, where she’ll join an administration that has pledged aggressive action on tackling the climate crisis.
Janet McCabe. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Resilience Institute
U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator in Biden s EPA Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star
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The U.S. Senate confirmed Hoosier Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. President Joe Biden nominated McCabe for the position in January.
That means she will serve as the No. 2 under the agency s incoming leader Michael Regan, who was nominated for his experience as top environmental regulator for North Carolina.
In a time of partisan politics, McCabe was confirmed in a 52-42 vote. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) joined most Democrats to vote for her nomination. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) was the only Democrat to vote against.
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