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Enviros sound alarm on 'sequestration' as White House waits on agency planning
Five top environmental groups and many others active on science and technology issues yesterday joined an alliance of nearly 3,000 entities -- dubbing itself "the non-defense discretionary community" -- in urging Congress to stop $1.2 trillion in long-term slashes to their side of the federal ledger that are set to take effect come January. Go to story #1