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Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution

UMCES chemist Michael Gonsior gathers water samples from Cocktown Creek in Maryland. Andrew Heyes/Courtesy of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science hide caption

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Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution

May 8, 2017 • The Sea Grant program, which funds research on coastal environments, is slated by White House for elimination in 2018. If it goes, a project that finds leaking septic tanks goes down the drain, too.

Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution

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