Trump: Gut funding for climate science, boost fossil fuels

 

February 14, 2018



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is targeting federal funding for studying and tracking climate change while boosting the continued burning of planet-warming fossil fuels.

The White House's 2019 spending plan seeks to reduce or eliminate climate science programs across an array of federal agencies, from gutting efforts to track greenhouse gas emissions and research to eliminating funding for NASA satellites that study the impacts of climate change.

Though President Donald Trump's budget unveiled earlier this week is highly unlikely to be adopted by Congress, it is a direct indicator...



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