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Hazardous Results of Environmental Funding Cuts in Massachusetts
Interviews with Audubon, DEP, DCR, National Heritage and Endangered Species Program,EOEC Director Douglas Foy, Jim Gomes, Environmental League of Mass.
By Beth Daley of the Globe, 2/21/05


Excerpted from www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/21/green_movement_pales_in_bay_state/
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"Massachusetts was once a favorite of the national environmental movement, passing some of the country's strongest laws to protect its air, water, and land. But today, after 15 years of budget cuts, it is failing to deliver key services.

Across the state, the results are apparent . . ."