A new poll from Harris Interactive finds that a majority of Americans oppose government budget cuts impacting mass transportation (by 54 to 35 percent) and pollution controls (by 54 to 37 percent). If elected officials are taking those results seriously, they may need to revise some of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed 2012 budget to maintain constituents' favor. This week, the EPA announced its 2012 budget would reign in the agency's spending by about 13 percent from $10.3 billion in 2011 to $8.973 billion. The EPA's fiscal year 2012 begins October 1, 2011 and ends September 30, 2012. Feeling the pinch would be programs that: protect the Great Lakes; clean up hazardous waste sites; and help states provide clean and safe drinking water to their residents.