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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Wisconsin Ranks First In Environmental Protection Funding Cuts From 2008 To 2018
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:27
	Publish Date:		2020-02-13 04:55:35
	Description:		Wisconsin is the home of its own conservation hall of fame, the home of the founder of Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson, and the home of John Muir. It was the first state in America to ban DDT. “Wisconsin has had such a long tradition in the conservation area and protecting the environment,” said Susan Hedman, the former Great Lakes Region Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Hedman says Wisconsin used to a leader in the field. But now, it’s a leader in something else. Between 2008 and 2018, 30 states cut funding for environmental protection agencies, according to a report by the Environmental Integrity Project. Wisconsin was number one, having cut 36 percent of its budget during that time. “The politics at the state level are not generally friendly toward creating and maintaining healthy budgets for environmental agencies,” said Eric Schaeffer, the executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project . Pollution control staff were cut in 40 states during those ten
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