By Roger DuPuis II and Robert Swift, Times-Tribune, October 10, 2009: "Losers...Environment [emphasis added]
DEP budget [Last year:] $229 million [New budget:] $159 million [Change:] -31 percent
Safe Water [Last year:] $11.7 million [New budget:] $0 [Change:] -100 percent
Flood-control projects [Last year:] $5.7 million [New budget:] $4.1 million [Change:] -28 percent"