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<div>Governor Deval Patrick has cut $300,000 from the state budget that is critical for protecting clean water in our southeast Massachusetts communities. <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">
<div style="display: inline !important;"><em>Half of this funding supports the Center's water quality monitoring programs in Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound. </em></div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><strong>The Center has tracked and measured pollutants in Cape Cod Bay for almost ten years. </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our work has been instrumental in persuading Massachusetts legislators that <strong>c</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ombating the threat of nitrogen pollution</strong> in our waters is one of <strong>the Commonwealth's top environmental priorities</strong> and is of utmost importance to our region. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Clean water supports our coastal economy,</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and loss of this essential funding threatens to slow the important progress and investment made toward the protection and restoration of water quality in southeastern Massachusetts.</span></p>
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