President Obama's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal for EPA would trim the agency's budget from $8.2 billion in FY14 down to $7.9 billion, but the cuts are targeted mostly at its water infrastructure funds, with many other programs slated to receive a slight increase, including helping states implement EPA's greenhouse gas (GHG) rules. The increase for state implementation of GHG rules comes as part of an increase for agency efforts to implement the president's Climate Action Plan that includes the agency's proposed GHG rules for existing and future utilities.
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