The details: EPA's budget is hit the hardest by Trump's cuts.Īt the EPA, the Trump budget would cut the Superfund program, tasked with cleaning up hazardous waste sites, by 10 percent, despite data showing the agency has the largest backlog of toxic waste cleanups in 15 years. "At a time when we're only seeing greater risks from climate change, these agencies deserve to be fully funded by Congress." It is unconscionable to take such drastic cuts to EPA, the Energy Department and other agencies that keep us safe, protect our kids and grow our clean energy economy," she added. "This president is putting our families and communities at risk by taking direct aim at the environment, public health and energy innovation. "Congress should toss this Trump budget into the dustbin of history like they've done with the other ones," former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Gina McCarthy The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Mastercard - Dems hit the gas on Biden agenda The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Charter Communications - Tornado deaths high Chris Wallace shocker Overnight Energy & Environment - White House announces new climate office MORE, who served during the Obama administration and is now head of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement. Trump's budget will not become law but is seen as an important blueprint for laying out the administration's priorities.Ĭritics, of course, pounced on the numbers.
Trump has consistently proposed cutting funding for those agencies, and Congress has routinely ignored the president's budget request by instead increasing funding. The White House budget request would reduce spending at the Energy Department by 8 percent and cut 16 percent from the Department of the Interior's budget. The proposed spending reductions mark the latest effort by the administration to chip away at government agencies focused on science, the environment and public lands. The Energy Star program, which measures the efficiency of electronics and appliances, would instead rely on businesses to pay a fee to participate in the program. Trump's budget would eliminate 50 EPA programs and impose massive cuts to research and development, while also nixing money for the Energy Star rating system. 6 would have been voted down by Hawley, senator says Trump to rally supporters in Texas MORE 's proposed budget for fiscal 2021 calls for significant reductions to environmental programs at federal agencies, including a 26 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). THE HASH-SLINGING SLASHER: President Trump Donald Trump The fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump Resolution to honor Capitol workers on Jan.