Trump's Budget Slashes Climate Change Funding
The White House's proposed federal budget cuts everything from research to regulation, and makes clear that the administration doesn't view climate change as a priority.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Mar 16, 2017
3 minutes
If there was any doubt over President Trump's views on climate change, those doubts evaporated with the unveiling of his proposed federal budget on Thursday.
The budget would end programs to lower domestic greenhouse gas emissions, slash diplomatic efforts to slow climate change and cut scientific missions to study the climate.
"It's terrible from the perspective of having any concern at all about climate change," says , a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute's climate program and a
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