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Environmentalists Aren’t Sorry Confederate Flag Debate Threatens Bill To Cut EPA Funding

Here’s one group that’s not very disappointed that a major House appropriations bill has gotten bogged down in a fight over the Confederate flag: environmental advocates.

The bill, which would appropriate funding for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency, was pulled from the floor Thursday morning after Republicans added an amendment protecting the display of the Confederate flag at National Park Service sites.

Environmentalists Aren’t Sorry Confederate Flag Debate Threatens Bill To Cut EPA Funding
-Huffington Post 7/9/2015

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