Federal cuts to blame for less money spent on N.S. environmental projects
The Nova Scotia government will only spend $7.4 million on environmental management projects this year, down from $33 million in 2010.
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HALIFAX - The loss of a federal climate change funding program has had a dramatic impact on Nova Scotia's Environment Department.
The provincial budget, tabled Tuesday, shows spending on environmental management projects has plummeted to $7.4 million from about $33 million last year.
That dramatic drop can be blamed on the end of the federal ecoTrust program, announced in 2007.
Nova Scotia received $42.5 million over three years from the fund.
Provincial spokeswoman Karen White says the money was used to support 140 projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
With the end of ecoTrust, the province received only $311,000 from Ottawa this year for climate change programs.
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