$6.4 billion for EPA Grant Programs. The Environmental
Protection Agency has several programs that grant money for
clean water and drinking water protection activities. The
majority of this money will go towards the general funding of
those programs, while $300 million will go towards diesel
emission reduction grants. A key question that was not asked
during the stimulus debate was whether the government should be
promoting certain areas of energy and environmental research.
Ford has developed a "Clean Diesel" technology on its own,
without government funding. If there is a demand in the market,
other companies will follow suit. Instead, Washington creates
grant programs based on their perception of what should be
happening in the market, not any analysis of how effective these
grant programs can be. $800 million for EPA Hazardous Waste
Clean Up. This money will go to an Environmental Protection
Agency program for cleaning up and disposing of hazardous
material. This is certainly a valuable public service, ho