Climate Changed
Trump Budget Slashes Climate Spending
- Emissions reductions, climate data, flood mapping face cuts
- Trump pledges to put energy needs of Americans first
Trump Budget With $3.6 Trillion in Cuts Hurts Supporters
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President Donald Trump’s first budget request to Congress would cut or eliminate a range of programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well those helping communities prepare for more intense flooding or hurricanes expected to result from climate change.
The scope of climate funding established under President Barack Obama is broad, and Trump’s budget took aim at much of it: It terminates a NASA program to launch satellites to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and slashes grants to help local communities cope with the increasing risks of a natural disaster. A $190 million effort to map the risks of flooding would also be eliminated.