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FY09 Appropriations Bill has a few Surprises for Environmental Education March 11 - Congress passed an “Omnibus Appropriations” Bill yesterday for the second half of FY 2009 that largely continued the level-funding of environmental education programs for the rest of the year. But there were a couple of surprises totaling about $15 million in new funds for the field: A. NOAA: 1. Competitive Educ…