EPA Spent $100M on Foreign Grants in Last Decade, Study Finds

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EPA Spent $100M on Foreign Grants in Last Decade, Study Finds

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/27/epa-spent-100m-on-foreign-grants-in-last-decade-study-finds/#ixzz1QavywBK0


The report from Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee shows the pace of foreign grants has quickened under the Obama administration, with $27 million in EPA funds going abroad since early 2009 -- not counting projects in Canada and Mexico.
The report said an unknown amount of EPA grant money has also gone overseas "indirectly" via grants to U.S. universities and organizations doing work in other countries.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/27/epa-spent-100m-on-foreign-grants-in-last-decade-study-finds/#ixzz1Qaw9ZITT

[Dr.3D]

I get the impression, the EPA is just a tool to bring the "under developed" countries to par with the United States.

Here is how it works with air pollution.

A company in the United States makes parts using solvent based paint and is required to clean the air before it may be released back into the environment. Of course this costs money and the company can not compete with another making the same parts in a country where the air is not required to be cleaned. The company then decides to move outside of the United States to avoid having to spend money to protect the environment.

The net result is the countries where there is no need to "protect the environment" get the manufacturing jobs and the same amount of pollution is released into the atmosphere as before but only in another country. There is no difference in the quality of air on the planet as it's just a matter of where the air pollution is produced.